Ca. 400-300 BC A wonderful wheel-thrown pottery kantharos (wine cup) with a footed base, bulbous body, rounded shoulders, an everted lip, and two high strap handles. Adorned with a black central band flanked above and below by linear decoration.The Daunians were famed for their beautiful geometric pottery, which was hand-formed, rather than made by wheel, and decorated in both bichrome and polychrome palettes. In later periods, their decorative technique expanded to include crudely-rendered figures and animals.For a Daunian kantharos of similar shape, see:https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-four-daunian-pottery-vessels-circa-6th-3rd-century-6224274/?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6224274.For a comprehensive treatment of Daunian pottery, see De Juliis, E. M. (1977). La ceramica geometrica della Daunia. Firenze: G.C. Sansoni. Size: L: 97mm / W: 36mm; 196g Provenance: From the private collection of a Kent gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK /European art markets.