Circa 400 BC A large ceramic Greek funnel krater with deep funnelled rim, the body with large funnel-shaped neck, twin loop handles on the shoulder, between each handle a vertical hand-shaped protome with fingers, the body decorated with red and brown encircling bands and panels around the shoulder. For similar see: Cf. S. Cassani (ed.), The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000-300 B.C., Geneva, 1993, p. 321, no. 211. Exhibition of Greek and Etruscan Antiquities, nos. 73 & 62. Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, nos. 80 & 81. The Museum of Fine Art Budapest: Accession number: T.688. For aprehensive guide of Daunian pottery, see De Juliis, E. M. (1977). La ceramica geometrica della Daunia. Firenze: G.C. Sansoni. Size: L:205mm / W:225mm; 2.2kg Provenance: Property of a central London Gallery; formerly in a South English estate collection; acquired in the 1990s from Andre de Munter, Brussels, Belgium; previously in an old European collection.