Kylix of Magna Graecia, 4th century BC. Ceramics.... Lot 5

Kylix of Magna Graecia, 4th century BC. Ceramics. Provenance: Private collection A. Alonso, Salamanca. Formed between 1960 and 1980. Purchased at Bonhams London. Attached thermoluminescence certificate. Restored from original fragments and line capping. Measures: 28.5 cm long between handles and 8 cm high. The piece presented here is a kylix, a Greek ceramic type of wine drinking vessel, characterized by a relatively shallow and wide body standing on a foot, with two symmetrically arranged handles. It was mainly used in symposiums, since its shape allowed drinking while reclining, as was done at banquets. It is decorated with the black varnish technique, the same used in the technique of the red and black figures, but covering the piece completely, without figurative decoration. It was a transparent raw varnish, which adopted its characteristic black tone, intense and shiny, once fired. Its background is decorated with a female figure of prominent forms, holding a cane in one of her hands and what appears to be a potion in the other hand. It is contained in a perfectly delimited fretwork.