{"product_id":"gp1403","title":"A Palesian Red Figure Bird Chous, Campania, ca. 4th century BCE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe small pottery pouring vessel sits on low ring base, with trefoil rim and attached strap handle behind, the bulbous body features a charming red-figure painted chick at front center, flanked by half palmettes and wave pattern filler above.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition\u003c\/b\u003e: Complete, the handle professionally reattached, in very good condition overall. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions\u003c\/b\u003e: Height:  4 1\/8 inches (10.6 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvenance\u003c\/b\u003e:   \u003cspan\u003eEx. Robert H. Johnston (1928-2005) collection, acquired in the 1970s.  The archaeologist who helped decipher Dead Sea scrolls, \u003cspan\u003eRobert H. Johnston\u003c\/span\u003e served in the Marine Corps during World War II, and then studied art at what was then Kutztown State Teacher's College in Pennsylvania. He earned a master's degree in art from Columbia University and taught at Lock Haven University, simultaneously studying for a doctorate in archaeology at Penn State University, which he earned in 1970.   For two decades he was a professor and administrator at the Rochester Institute of Technology and helped develop a way to read ancient texts blackened or faded by time, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, and \u003cspan\u003etexts from the time of Christ.  Dr. Johnston further decoded parts of a 10th-century parchment copy of a famous treatise by the Greek mathematician Archimedes that had been used as the fabric for a 13th-century prayer book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arte Primitivo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40552105672748,"sku":"GP1403","price":1343.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0303\/3933\/4188\/products\/GP1403_5.jpg?v=1659506366","url":"https:\/\/qrack-shop.myshopify.com\/en-gb\/products\/gp1403","provider":"qrack shop ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}