Lot 710
An Elegant Gnathia Ware Ribbed Bottle. Magna Graecia, Apulia, c. 330-300 BC. This distinctive bottle finely potted and proportioned. The globular body on broad stepped foot, the narrow neck gracefully curving up the wide mouth with raised and skirted rim. Around the body is neatly crafted vertical ribbing. At the neck and shoulders, in white and yellow paint, the head of a lady of fashion. Emerging on either side of her neck a complex arabesque of tendrils and flowers. Around the vessel's neck, a border of vertical rays. Reserve band of red at foot. Apparently intact and free of repairs. In marvelous condition. Height: 7-3/4". An outstanding example of type. Certainly an eye catching object for any antiquities collection.
Estimated Value $2,500-UP.
Cf. Padget et al., Vase Painting in Italy, Boston 1993, 206-7, no. 132;CVA London I, pl. 8, no. 9.
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