Gnathia-ware Apulian oinochoe
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AR2472
| Object: |
Apulian oinochoe
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| Material: |
Red clay with black slip, painted in white and yellow. So-called Gnathia pottery |
| Date |
2nd half 4th - 1st half 3rd century BC Early Hellenistic epoch |
| Description: |
Pear-shaped jug with ring-shaped base and convex handle. Short neck opening into a trefoil-shaped mouth. The body is painted with a vine branch, band of leaves and dots between white lines above. |
| Size: |
Height 109 mm, Diameter 64 mm.
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| Condition: |
Very well preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Only minimal wear and chips.
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| Reference: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Cambridge (MA) Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections Pl. 36.1
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 from the German family collection Bergweiler which was formed over several generations. Acquired by Ä. and P. Bergweiler October 5th, 1965 at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.
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| Authenticity: |
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