VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SOUTH ITALIAN GNATHIA WARE POTTERY 'NET' FLASK, the body with white painted lattice-work decoration, the shoulder with a yellow band and white vertical lines around the neck, with everted collared rim -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high, circa 300 B.C.; a gnathia ware miniature lekythos, the body on high foot, decorated with frieze of connecting scrolls, row of dots below and yellow tendril buds above, vertical lines on the neck -- 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high, late 4th Century B.C.; and a miniature pottery 'net' lekythos, the body in reserve with black painted lattice decoration -- 3½in. (9cm.) high, early 3rd Century B.C. (3)

Details
A SOUTH ITALIAN GNATHIA WARE POTTERY 'NET' FLASK, the body with white painted lattice-work decoration, the shoulder with a yellow band and white vertical lines around the neck, with everted collared rim -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high, circa 300 B.C.; a gnathia ware miniature lekythos, the body on high foot, decorated with frieze of connecting scrolls, row of dots below and yellow tendril buds above, vertical lines on the neck -- 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high, late 4th Century B.C.; and a miniature pottery 'net' lekythos, the body in reserve with black painted lattice decoration -- 3½in. (9cm.) high, early 3rd Century B.C. (3)
Provenance
Acquired around 1850 by the present owner's great great aunt from excavations in Pompeii.

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