Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Pottery Epichysis

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Aug 2, 2018

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• Lot Description
  Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, near Ignazia, Apulia, ca. 325 BCE. A beautiful pottery pouring vessel known as an epichysis, possessing a characteristically spool-shaped base with a slender spout and a tall, arching loop handle with applied matching lion heads adorning the areas where the upper handle end meets the spout. The lower body has a central black-glazed band embellished with concentric white lines and yellow groups of berries. The upper rim is decorated with a radiating, white-painted border which surrounds a golden-yellow motif of sinuous vines with ivy leaves and similar bunches of berries, all beneath a stippled ring and additional white-painted stripes surrounding the neck. Areas of faint silvery iridescence complement most of the black-glazed surfaces with only two areas of the lower body and the underside of the base being unglazed. Size: 3.5" W x 6.375" H (8.9 cm x 16.2 cm).
  
  Gnathia ware is named for the site where it was first discovered - the Apulian site of Egnathia. The black glaze ware is traditionally decorated with floral motifs in red, white, or yellow hues. Scholars believe that its production most likely was centered around Taras, with primary workshops in Egnathia and Canosa. The quantity and quality of Greek colonial Apulian potters increased significantly following the Peloponnesian War when Attic exports dramatically decreased. Apulian artistry demonstrates influences of Ionian (Athenian, Attic) conventions, as well as Doric (western colonial Greek) styles, with a palpable native Italian aesthetic.
  
  For a stylistically-similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1971.11.4: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255316
  
  Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
  
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  Condition

  Possible restoration to large area of handle, but expertly done and very well concealed if so. Surface wear and minor abrasions commensurate with age, small pitting holes, a couple of stable hairline fissures along lower body, small chips and nicks to base, upper rim, spout, and handle, and minor fading to applied pigmentation. Light earthen deposits and root marks throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.
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