Ca. 600–500 BC. Daunia, Southern Italy.. A beautiful olpe featuring an elongated body, round mouth, and a high arching single handle. The body is decorated with bands of red and black slip. An olpe was a type of oinochoe characterized by a mouth that is continuous rather than articulated with a spout. Daunians are identified by Greek authors and archaeological evidence as the inhabitants of northern Apulia; they emerge after ca. 700 BC as a distinct tribe. Daunian pottery vessels were built by hand, rather than thrown on a potter’s wheel, and are characterised by buff coloured clay decorated with geometric patterns.Size: L:250mm / W:180mm; 944gProvenance: From the private collection of a Kent gentleman C.S.; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets.