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This Daunian style earthenware cup was produced in the ancient northern Italian region Apulia, then known as Magna Graecia, from the 6th or 5th centuries B.C.E.. It was covered with beige slip and painted with red, brown and black earth colors in a variety of geometric patterns. Its curved rim and high handle was ideal for pouring liquids like water and wine. The handle may have been repaired as there is an uneven slip underneath it or may have been attached it was painted but it is otherwise in very good condition.
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Wing or ear cups (yushang), a term that describes its side flange-like additions to its ovoid body, appeared as early as the Zhou dynasty (1046-256 BCE) made in lacquer and later from a variety of materials. Lacquerware cups were used as dining vessels used for rituals and ceremonies contain fragrances, food or wine; and the…
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Mingqi are ancient earthenware pottery items usually made using a bivalve mould and covered with a lead glaze that fired to a dark green. The lead in the glaze often combined with tomb dampness for centuries creating a chemical reaction changing its coloring into a lustrous and iridescent green seen here. Han mingqi were ancestral…
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$695.00 Original price was: $695.00.$425.00Current price is: $425.00.
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Wine jugs from in the Judean Holy Land at the time of the first Jewish Temple were used for religious ceremonies and wine blessing as an important Jewish prayer. This carinated piece was made using the coil construction method and the paddle and anvil technique.
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$595.00 Original price was: $595.00.$395.00Current price is: $395.00.
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This highly decorated ancient lekanis from Apulia in Magna Graecia, the Roman name for the South Italy coastal area, with close-fitting top held cosmetics. Considered fine ware, fathers filled them with jewelry for their daughters’ wedding gifts.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$150.00Current price is: $150.00.
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Made in Roman North Africa, this small pouring vessel made of durable materials was called coarse wear for everyday use. Elegant in its simplicity It was made with a potters wheel. A fine small piece of history.
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$495.00 Original price was: $495.00.$295.00Current price is: $295.00.
H: 3.125” W: 3” D: 2.875” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This miniature 4th century B.C.E xenon pottery vessel from Apulia, in Southeastern Italy, elegantly shaped with flared rim and handle with painted orange geometric designs, may have been made for children or as a votive vessel.
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$495.00 Original price was: $495.00.$395.00Current price is: $395.00.
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As part of the The Song dynasty cultural expansion, government and public buildings and tombs were built with interior walls decorated with earthenware unglazed mold-made brick tiles. This fanciful vibrant tile with a scalloped frame portrays two people playing a board game called wéiqí which originated in China over 2500 years ago. It is the world’s oldest and most complex board game still played.
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$465.00 Original price was: $465.00.$350.00Current price is: $350.00.
H: 6.26″ W: 9″ D: 1.625″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.
This late Song brick tile portrays a feasting couple with a figure points to a stylized image of a bat flying (for good luck) in the sky.
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