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ANCIENT VASES FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM SUDDABY
A CANOSAN GNATHIAN-WARE OLPE
CIRCA 300 B.C.
Details
A CANOSAN GNATHIAN-WARE OLPE
CIRCA 300 B.C.
The body with three horse protomes in added white, the details of the manes, bridles and reins in yellow, each separated by a floral spray, fillets hanging to the far left and right, rosettes in the field, a band of ivy and berries in yellow above, a red wash around and under the foot, the reeded handle tied in the form of a Herakles knot
7 in. (18 cm.) high
CIRCA 300 B.C.
The body with three horse protomes in added white, the details of the manes, bridles and reins in yellow, each separated by a floral spray, fillets hanging to the far left and right, rosettes in the field, a band of ivy and berries in yellow above, a red wash around and under the foot, the reeded handle tied in the form of a Herakles knot
7 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
with Harlan J. Berk Ltd, Chicago, 1995.
Literature
A.J. Paul, Exhibition catalogue, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, Tampa, 2001, no. 48.
Exhibited
Tampa Museum of Art, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, 14 October 2001-13 January 2002.