Details

A SOUTH ITALIAN GNATHIAN-WARE BLACK-GLAZED HYDRIA CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C. With two side handles and strap handle with relief mask at base, two knobs either side on neck, with wide everted lip and flaring foot, the body with vertical ribbing, the neck with a beaded necklace, the shoulder with remains of floral wreath 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Brixie Jarvis (1913-1991) collection, UK; and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; English and European Ceramics and Glass, Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury Salesrooms, Salisbury, 8 October 2013, lot 125.
Private collection, UK.