ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Teano Ware Standlet
AAT Object Form/Functioncups (drinking vessels)
AAT Object Techniquerelief (sculpture techniques)
CultureGreek, Campanian
PeriodHellenistic
Date3rd Century BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Dimensions5 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (13.3 x 9.8 cm)
Object number2003.020.002
Label TextThe cup is formed of a shallow dish with a broad flat rim and a tall circular stand. The exterior and rim of the cup with bands of stamped and incised tongues and concentric circles; the interior with stamped trefoils formed of circles and tongues; the tondo with a stamped rosette of circles and tongues. The stand with an ivy wreath circling the stem, and a double border of incised tongues and dots around the foot. All with added red and white paint. The form and decoration of this cup is typical of a class of vessels produced in the town of Teanum Sidicinum in northern Campania during the late 4th and early 3rd centuries B.C.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Installation, September 29, 2014 - Present
ProvenanceAcquired by donor from George Allen (1919-1998) [Hesperia Art], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
late 6th Century BCE
430-420 BCE
late 8th-7th Century BCE
1539-1077 BCE
mid 14th Century BCE
mid 2nd Century BCE
mid 7th Century BCE
mid 7th Century BCE
late 2nd Century BCE
282-246 BCE
late 19th-early 20th Century
