GNATHIAN BLACK-GLAZED EPICHYSIS WITH GRAPES

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Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A black-glazed epichysis with a pear-shaped body on a low moulded foot, a tall strap handle rising above the mouth, and a tubular spout projecting from the neck, the junction between spout and handle set with a moulded female head on each side. The body is decorated in added white, yellow and red with a central frieze of vine scroll with grape bunches, tendrils and leaves, framed above and below by horizontal bands of dots, chevrons, ovolo, zigzags and reserved lines. For similar see: The Brooklyn Museum, Accession Number 1994.209.6. Size: 195mm x 75mm; Weight: 165g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired on the English art market; originally in the collection of T Verlinden, London 1980?s.

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