912 - Jug (Epichysis), painted in the Gnathia style, Apulian, mid-4th century B.C.

Jug (Epichysis), painted in the Gnathia style, Apulian, mid-4th century B.C. A can-shaped, cylindrical base with widely projecting rims at the bottom and on the “lid” of the cylinder. Above the cylindrical base is the flatly arched shoulder, from the center of which emerges a long, very narrow neck that tapers forward into a long spout with a protruding rim at the mouth, and at the back into the handle attachment with knobs shaped like monkey heads on both sides. The handle, D-shaped in cross-section, curves elegantly upward at an angle and, after a bend, descends vertically toward the base of the shoulder. On the front wall of the lower section is a pomegranate, flanked by other fruits, painted in white. Along the upper edge of the lower section are closely spaced white stripes; around the curved shoulder, a stylized grapevine running as a brown line, from which grapes and tendrils hang alternately. At the lower end of the neck, long, vertical tongues. Minimal chipping; otherwise intact. Height 18.2 cm. CULTURAL HERITAGE! Provenance: Private collection in Upper Austria (estate), acquired by the father in the 1980s on the Austrian and southern German art market. Condition: I -