SKYPHOS NELLO STILE DI GNATHIA

SKYPHOS IN THE STYLE OF GNATHIA DATE: IV-III sec. a.. C. MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: pinkish figulina clay, chamois mottling, shiny black paint, white and paonazzo sub-paintings, engraved details; modelled by fast lathe. Slightly everted rounded lip, truncated cone-shaped bowl, strongly elongated towards the bottom, ring foot, ribbon handles set obliquely under the rim. DECORATION: entirely painted with the exception of the lower part; under the rim a stylized ionic kyma followed by a tremolo motif and a row of dots; a wide band with vine-shoots, tendrils and bunches of grapes follows. PRODUCTION: apulian ceramics in the style of Gnathia. STATE OF CONSERVATION: intact with the exception of an ansa. DIMENSIONS: h. cm 8; diam. cm 6,5 ORIGIN: private collection, Bari The lot, according to Italian law, is not exportable / This lot, according to Italian law, can not be exported