Description:

Southern Italian, Apulia, ca. 350-300 BCE. Black-glazed ceramic vessel with a medallion showing a Nereid riding on a Hippocamp - a prancing horse with a fish tail - to the left. The Nereid is holding an ovoid shield that covers her left arm and her shoulder. The depiction belongs to a cortege of Nereids carrying the arms of Achilles. The Nereids were sea nymphs and sometimes shown riding dolphins or ketoi (sea snakes). The vessel features a low, broad body on a high foot, a loop handle is set on the shoulder. The spout with rounded rim-molding, fine vertical fluting on the belly. The guttos is supposed to be a container for holding oil or even to fill up oil lamps with. The name guttus may mean that the content is to be released drop by drop - a feature reached by the moldings on the rim and the elongated spout which does not allow air to come easily in. Height 9.3 cm (3.66") x Diameter 8.5 cm (3.33") For a related guttus in the Museo Nazionale of Naples (inv. no. 665 (392)), cf. fig. 149 and pp. 285-286 in: Marie-Odile Jentel. Les Gutti et les Askoi à Reliefs Étrusques et Apuliens. Leiden 1976. Die Masse des Medallions stimmen nicht überrein. Provenance: Schuler Auktionen Zurich, December 2007 sale. ***Item located in Switzerland, additional shipping charges apply*** All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. The starting price is the lowest price at which the lot can sell.

  • Condition: Intact, except for a chip out of the spout.

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