A South Italian gnathia ware askos, the body decorated with chequered pattern, the front with hanging dramatic mask with curling beard flanked by vine trails, applied red and yellow details -- 4½in. (10.8cm.) high; and an amphoriskos with two vertical handles, decorated with lattice-work pattern and applied dots, one handle repaired -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) high, 4th Century B.C.

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A South Italian gnathia ware askos, the body decorated with chequered pattern, the front with hanging dramatic mask with curling beard flanked by vine trails, applied red and yellow details -- 4½in. (10.8cm.) high; and an amphoriskos with two vertical handles, decorated with lattice-work pattern and applied dots, one handle repaired -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) high, 4th Century B.C.
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Provenance
Greville Chester Collection
Lt. Gen. A. H. L. F. Pitt-Rivers Collection: purchased from Sotheby's, 4 December 1882; illustrated in the Pitt-Rivers Museum catalogue, p.403

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