LATE CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

The ornamentation on this elegant vessel includes an intricate palmette complex below the handles, comprised of rosettes and tendrils forming volutes. For a similar example, see fig. 8 in B. Barr-Sharrar, "Macedonian Metal Vases in Perspective: Some Observations on Context and Tradition," in Barr-Sharrar and E.N. Borza, eds., Macedonia and Greece in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Times.