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Holmos, Formerly Johannes W. F. Collection Reimers (Hamburg), clay, slowly turned, hand-modeled, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 81.5 cm; Diameter: 37 cm, ceramic, mythical creatures, monsters, legendary figures, mythical animals (hoofed animals), fabulous creatures (predators), ornaments, plant ornaments, animals as ornament, antiquity, Characteristic for a so-called Holmos is its shape with a widely projecting funnel, small spherical middle part and bell-shaped lower part. The vessel almost looks like a strongly abstracted human body, on whose head a bowl is balanced. This holmos has a richly incised and stamped decoration, which decorates the vessel stand in several registers. Animal and ornamental friezes are separated from each other by three rows of concentric circles with a central point. Four plastic animal heads each surround the middle and lower part. Depicted are horses, mythical animals with wings or horns, cat-like animals and in the open spaces animal protoms. Distinctive are the overlength slender legs, the stylized bodies and the small head. The design of the animals and mythical creatures is strongly reminiscent of the Orientalizing phase that began in Greece at the beginning of the 7th century B.C, in which angular geometric art was replaced by curved forms and enriched with interior decorations, flower motifs and supernatural beings such as the sphinx. The Holmos is an impressive Italian creation. It served as a vessel stand for a large cauldron in which wine and water were probably mixed and served to guests at a feast. Oriental metal stands and cauldrons from the Syrian-Urartian region served as models. Named after a site near Bologna, the Villanova culture had developed and spread in pre-Roman Italy from the 9th century BC onwards. Tuscany was an important center of this early culture. Characteristic features included cremation burials in vessel urns, the addition of bronze weapons and armour, and a brownish ceramic known as impasto ware.

Holmos, Formerly Johannes W. F. Collection Reimers (Hamburg), clay, slowly turned, hand-modeled, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 81.5 cm; Diameter: 37 cm, ceramic, mythical creatures, monsters, legendary figures, mythical animals (hoofed animals), fabulous creatures (predators), ornaments, plant ornaments, animals as ornament, antiquity, Characteristic for a so-called Holmos is its shape with a widely projecting funnel, small spherical middle part and bell-shaped lower part. The vessel almost looks like a strongly abstracted human body, on whose head a bowl is balanced. This holmos has a richly incised and stamped decoration, which decorates the vessel stand in several registers. Animal and ornamental friezes are separated from each other by three rows of concentric circles with a central point. Four plastic animal heads each surround the middle and lower part. Depicted are horses, mythical animals with wings or horns, cat-like animals and in the open spaces animal protoms. Distinctive are the overlength slender legs, the stylized bodies and the small head. The design of the animals and mythical creatures is strongly reminiscent of the Orientalizing phase that began in Greece at the beginning of the 7th century B.C, in which angular geometric art was replaced by curved forms and enriched with interior decorations, flower motifs and supernatural beings such as the sphinx. The Holmos is an impressive Italian creation. It served as a vessel stand for a large cauldron in which wine and water were probably mixed and served to guests at a feast. Oriental metal stands and cauldrons from the Syrian-Urartian region served as models. Named after a site near Bologna, the Villanova culture had developed and spread in pre-Roman Italy from the 9th century BC onwards. Tuscany was an important center of this early culture. Characteristic features included cremation burials in vessel urns, the addition of bronze weapons and armour, and a brownish ceramic known as impasto ware.
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Caption: Holmos, Formerly Johannes W. F. Collection Reimers (Hamburg), clay, slowly turned, hand-modeled, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 81.5 cm; Diameter: 37 cm, ceramic, mythical creatures, monsters, legendary figures, mythical animals (hoofed animals), fabulous creatures (predators), ornaments, plant ornaments, animals as ornament, antiquity, Characteristic for a so-called Holmos is its shape with a widely projecting funnel, small spherical middle part and bell-shaped lower part. The vessel almost looks like a strongly abstracted human body, on whose head a bowl is balanced. This holmos has a richly incised and stamped decoration, which decorates the vessel stand in several registers. Animal and ornamental friezes are separated from each other by three rows of concentric circles with a central point. Four plastic animal heads each surround the middle and lower part. Depicted are horses, mythical animals with wings or horns, cat-like animals and in the open spaces animal protoms. Distinctive are the overlength slender legs, the stylized bodies and the small head. The design of the animals and mythical creatures is strongly reminiscent of the Orientalizing phase that began in Greece at the beginning of the 7th century B.C, in which angular geometric art was replaced by curved forms and enriched with interior decorations, flower motifs and supernatural beings such as the sphinx. The Holmos is an impressive Italian creation. It served as a vessel stand for a large cauldron in which wine and water were probably mixed and served to guests at a feast. Oriental metal stands and cauldrons from the Syrian-Urartian region served as models. Named after a site near Bologna, the Villanova culture had developed and spread in pre-Roman Italy from the 9th century BC onwards. Tuscany was an important center of this early culture. Characteristic features included cremation burials in vessel urns, the addition of bronze weapons and armour, and a brownish ceramic known as impasto ware.
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Image size: 2945 × 4320 px | 36.4 MB
Print size: 24.9 × 36.6 cm | 1159.4 × 1700.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 7TH BCE • 7TH CENTURY B. C. • 7TH CENTURY BC • 7TH CENTURY BCE • 8TH CENTURY B. C • 9TH CENTURY BC ONWARDS • ADAPTED • ADDITION • ADOPTED • ADORNMENT • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANCIENT WORLD • AND • ANGULAR GEOMETRIC ART • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ARMADURA • ARMOR • ARMORS • ARMOUR • ARMOURS • ATTRACTED VISITORS • BALANCED • BARTER GOODS • BEGAN • BELL-SHAPED LOWER PART • BEVERAGE: WINE • BIRDS • BODY ARMOR • BOLOGNA • BOWL • BREASTPLATE • BRONZE WEAPONS • BROWNISH CERAMIC • CAREFUL REMOVAL • CAT- • CAULDRONS • CENTRAL POINT • CERAMIC • CERAMICS • CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES INCLUDED CREMATION BURIALS • CHARACTERISTIC • CLAY • COLLECTION REIMERS • COMPLETELY DISASSEMBLED • CONCENTRIC CIRCLES • CONDITION • CONSPICUOUSLY LARGE WALL THICKNESS • CUIRASS • CURVED FORMS • CUSTOMS • DECOR • DECORATES • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DEPICTED • DESIGN • DEVELOPED • DIAMETER • DISTINCTIVE • EARLY CULTURE • ENRICHED • EQUUS CABALLUS • EVENTUALLY • EXAMINATION • F • FABULOUS CREATURES • FEAST • FEATURES • FIGURE • FILLED • FIRED • FLOWER MOTIFS • FORMERLY JOHANNES W • FORMS (GEOMETRIC) • FORMS • FOUR PLASTIC ANIMAL HEADS • FRACTURE INSIDE REVEALED • FURTHER EXAMINATION • GEOMETRIC PATTERNS • GLASS • GREECE • GREEKS • GUESTS • HAMBURG • HAND-MODELED • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HOLMOS • HOOFED ANIMALS • HOOVED ANIMALS • HORNS • HORSE'S • HORSE • HORSES HORSE • HORSES • IDEAS • IMAGES • IMPASTO WARE • IMPORTANT CENTER • IMPRESSIVE ITALIAN CREATION • INCREASED CONTACT • INITIALLY DECORATED • INTERIOR DECORATIONS • INVESTIGATIONS • IRON ORE • ITALIAN MOUNTAINS • KERAMEIKOS • KNICK-KNACKS • LARGE CAULDRON • LEGENDARY FIGURES • LOWER PART • MIDDLE • MIXED • MODELS • MONSTERS • MYTHICAL ANIMALS • MYTHICAL CREATURES • NAMED • NEWSPAPER SUGGEST • NEWSPRINT • OLD RECONSTRUCTION • ON • ONWARDS • OPEN SPACES ANIMAL PROTOMS • ORIENTAL METAL STANDS • ORIENTALIZING PHASE • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTAL FRIEZES • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • OVERLENGTH SLENDER LEGS • PAINTED EDGES • PHOENICIANS • PLACE • PLANT ORNAMENTS • PLASTER • POTTERIES • POTTERY • PRE-ROMAN ITALY • PREDATORS • REINFORCE • REMAINS • REPLACED • RICHLY INCISED • RIDING • SEPARATED • SERVED • SEVERAL REGISTERS • SHAPE • SHAPES • SHORTLY • SIEGE • SITE • SLOWLY TURNED • SMALL HEAD • SMALL SPHERICAL MIDDLE PART • SOMETIMES • SPHINX • SPREAD • STAMPED DECORATION • STONEWARE • STRENGTHEN • STRONGLY ABSTRACTED HUMAN BODY • STRONGLY REMINISCENT • STYLIZED BODIES • SUIT OF ARMOR • SUIT OF ARMOUR • SUIT OF ARMOURS • SUPERNATURAL BEINGS • SURROUND • SYRIAN-URARTIAN REGION SERVED • TERRA COTTA • TERRACOTA • TERRACOTTA • THOUGHTS • THREE ROWS • TRADERS • TRADITIONS • TRANSFORMED • TRAVELERS • TUSCAN • TUSCANY • UNREAL • UNRELATED SHARDS • VESSEL ALMOST LOOKS • VESSEL STAND • VESSEL URNS • VESSEL • VILLANOVA CULTURE • WATER • WIDELY PROJECTING FUNNEL • WINE • WINGS