Daunian Funnel Krater

An ancient Daunian Funnel Krater with a protruding, stylized animal head and two handles on either shoulder, decorated in black and red slip with thick horizontal bands on the lip and body and a central panel with a checkerboard pattern and horizontal and vertical lines of varying length and width.

Northern Apulia.

Ca. 5th century BC.

Height: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm).

The Daunians were native to the Adriatic coast of Italy. Despite the popularity of Greek and later South-Italian colonial Greek figural pottery, Daunian ware continued in its localized production to the end of the 4th century BC. Daunian ware is more rustic compared to black-glazed and red-figure ware with which it is contemporary.

cf.: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, inv. no. T.687

Formerly in an American private collection.

Inv#: 8803

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