Greek Gnathian Black Glazed Pottery Epichysis

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Apr 4, 2019

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• Lot Description
  Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, near Ignazia, ca. 340 to 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 a horizontal bar of fugitive yellow pigment surrounded by small bunches of berries. The upper rim is decorated with a radiating, white-painted border which surrounds a polychrome motif of tongues and berries enclosing a pair of curved, red-painted lines flanking a central sun, and the neck base is surrounded by a stippled wreath beneath vertical white frets. 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: 4.25" W x 6.125" H (10.8 cm x 15.6 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, and/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; ex-Richard Wagner collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, acquired in the 1960s
  
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  Condition

  Minor abrasions and nicks to handle, body, spout, and base, with fading and light overpainting to original pigmentation, and fading to some glazed areas, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits and faint areas of silver iridescence throughout.
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