Gnathia-ware Apulian oinochoe
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AR2835
| Object: |
Apulian oinochoe
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| Material: |
Whitish 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 flat-convex handle. Short neck opening into a trefoil-shaped mouth. The body is painted with vine branch, white line above. |
| Size: |
Height 119 mm, Diameter 59 mm.
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| Condition: |
Very well preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Part of the mouth broken and missing, otherwise only minimal wear and chips. Sinter at bottom.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Cambridge (MA) Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections Pl. 36.1
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2019 in a traditional Munich auction house. From the inventory of Münzhandlung Karl Kress, Munich, which discontinued its business activities around 1986 (the last catalogue published by Karl Kress dates to this year). In the stock of Karl Kress before 1980.
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| Authenticity: |
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