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CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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A CAMPANIAN GNATHIAN-WARE AMPHORA
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Black-glazed, the fluted body bisected by a smooth horizontal band encircled with ivy and berries bordered by dots, the vines incised, a similar band of ivy around the neck, the twisted handles each with a mask as the handle-plate, angled vertical grooves below the handles, on a high profiled foot
18½ in. (47 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Black-glazed, the fluted body bisected by a smooth horizontal band encircled with ivy and berries bordered by dots, the vines incised, a similar band of ivy around the neck, the twisted handles each with a mask as the handle-plate, angled vertical grooves below the handles, on a high profiled foot
18½ in. (47 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10-11 December 1992, lot 538.