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South Italy Ca 350 BC.
Black metallic glazed pottery pouring vessel having a long slender arched handle and open type pour spout with applied molded head lugs at the base of the spout. Painted tricolor decoration having a wide center band of leafy sprigs with grape clusters and multiple narrow bands of various geometric decoration. A nicely decorated ornate example. Gnathia was a sub style of the Apulia region in South Italy who produced these black glazed vessels.
Size 7-1/4 inches (18.5 cm) H. Repaired from several large original fragments.
For additional reading on Apulian pottery, see The Art of Southern Italy, by Margaret Ellen Mayo, Virginia Museum 1983 exhibition.
Sticker on base, “Harlan Berk auction 11/05/1979, lot 69".
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