Magna Graecia, South Italic colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A wheel-thrown ceramic lekythos with a tiered foot, a piriform body, a rounded shoulder which tapers to a narrow tubular neck, and a thick collared rim. A fine-line netted pattern adorns the body. This netted pattern is bordered on the top with solid concentric black bands and at the center a repeating wave-form motif in fugitive white. A register of enclosed tongues encircles the bottom of the neck, with vertical bars adorning the upper neck, and thick concentric rings embellishing the inside of the rim. This is the only example of this type we have seen with the mid-body wave pattern. Size: 3.25" W x 6.625" H (8.3 cm x 16.8 cm)
Published: Kokusai Bijitsu, Ltd, Tokyo, 2nd Exhibition Catalog, 1974, illustrated
Provenance: ex Japanese private collection, acquired in London in 1982; ex Sotheby's, New York, USA, June 5 2008, lot 93; Private European Collection
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#162421
Condition
Intact and quite excellent with minor paint wear as shown