Daunia comprises the north of Apulia from Bari to the promontory of Gargano, but pottery of the Daunian type is found beyond these limits to the north and west. Canosa was the center of production and exported far afield. Daunian pottery was somewhat barbaric but highly original and maintained its identity long after the work of neighboring regions was Hellenized. Characteristics are decoration in horizontal zones, a steady increase in height of body and of rim, and a love of plastic decoration which ultimately gets the better of the potter.

c. 650 - 600 B.C. Monochrome, dark purple paint, fine thin ware, hard slip. Geometric ornament, at first Italic, later showing Proto-Corinthian influence.
c. 600 - 550 B.C. Monochrome, dark purple paint, fine thin ware, hard slip. An Orientalizing phase characterized by an ornament which appears to be the lotus-flower. The latest bichrome.
c. 550 - 500 B.C. Bichrome Red and black paint, geometric, simple
c. 510 - 480 B.C. Pictorial Style
c. 480 - 400 B.C. Bichrome ornament reduced to bands and patches.
c. 400 - 318 B.C. Mainly monochrome, decline in style, ornament linear, Canosa non-productive for period.
c. 318 - 218/201. Settlement with Rome to 2nd Punic War - Revival, wheel-made, larger size, enriched ornamentation. Two types: monochrome continuation from the previous period and white slip polychrome. Plastic decorations.

References

CVA London, British Museum vii (Great Britain 10, pls. 432 - 479)   Browse Text Browse Plates Search

AG43827. Daunian funnel mouth urn; cf. CVA London, British Museum vii, Great Britain 10, pl. 462, 2 - 3, Collectible, funnel mouth reconstructed with a missing fragments, otherwise intact, 20cm (7 7/8") tall, rim diameter 21cm (8 1/4"), c. 480 - 318 B.C.; shaped by hand (no wheel), pinkish light brown clay, very large funnel mouth, globular body, two horizontal loop handles and two solid handles split at the top; painted black and brown geometrical motifs, primarily horizontal bands; ex Alex G. Malloy