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| Item Number: |
7KL97 |
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| Category: |
Greek |
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| Period: |
Apulian |
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| Date: |
c. 4th Century B.C. |
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| Material: |
Ceramic |
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| Height: |
2 3/4" (7cm) |
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| Width: |
6 1/8" (15.5cm) |
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| Display Stand: |
Not Available |
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| Note: |
8.3cm excluding handles. |
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| Status: |
Sold |
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| Description: |
An attractive twin handled skyphos, from the Greek colony of Gnathia in the Apulian region of southern Italy, decorated on one side with a large band of grape vines and the opposite side with ivy garlands and rosettes, with a band of fillet and dots below the rim, and a small flaring short-stemmed pedestal foot.
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| Provenance: |
Ex. Private German collection.
Acquired from Kurt Deppert, Frankfurt, 1970s.
Base of foot with an old ink collection label no. SK1505.
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| Condition: |
Intact, a well preserved example.
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| References: |
Christies NY, Dec 2005 no. 279.
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| Keywords: |
Gnathian Pottery : Appeared around the middle of the 4th century BC in the southern Italian region of Apulia. It takes its name from the site of Egnazia where the style may have originated, although various centers must have produced this type of pottery. The style is characterized by black-glazed surfaces with polychrome decoration in red, white and yellow comprising mostly floral and bird motifs.
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