A MESSAPIAN KALATHOS AND GNATHIA WARE SKYPHOS

APULIA, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A MESSAPIAN KALATHOS AND GNATHIA WARE SKYPHOS
APULIA, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The kalathos with large flaring rim, decorated with painted buff bands of foliate decoration, an ivy trail on the rim interior; the skyphos with grape vine, tongues, and dotted and wavy bands, details in added red, white and yellow
Kalathos: 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; skyphos: 3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Hamburg, acquired prior to 1977; and thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Kunst der Antike: Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, 21 January-6 March 1977.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
W. Hornbostel, Kunst der Antike - Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Mainz, 1977, cat. nos 317 & 325.

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