1966.08

Sicilian Banded Stemless Cup

From the Woite Collection; probably from the area of Gela, Sicily. Ht 4.3cm; diam. 10.1cm.

Intact but the surface is a little worn in places. Cream-buff clay. Ring foot; sharply offset lip. Red-brown paint. On the inside is a band between lines and a small central circle. The lip has a band on its inner and on its outer face. There is a further band on the wall just below the level of the handles. The ends of the handles were painted by dipping them in the glaze.

Probably later sixth century BC. For a less elegant version, see C.L. Lyons, Morgantina Studies V. The Archaic Cemeteries (Princeton 1996) no. 4-125, pll. 22 and 73.

See 1966.01-1966.42 in this catalogue for all material from the Woite Collection in the ANU collection.

J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 73.