Description:

Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. 360 to 320 BCE. A gorgeous black-glazed pottery guttus (or guttos, oil-lamp filler) bearing the feminine face of a gorgon atop the tondo, perhaps representative of Medusa. The vessel exhibits a spool-shaped foot, a wheel-form body with dozens of vertical incisions around the periphery, a protruding ring handle, and a cylindrical spout with an everted rim, all enveloped in lustrous black glaze. The gorgon's visage is distinctly female, with piercing eyes and a tapered jawline, and the coiffure is styled into individual cords which distinctly resemble the gorgon's notable serpentine hair. Size: 5.4" W x 5.625" H (13.7 cm x 14.3 cm)

Provenance: ex-Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, acquired prior to 2000

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#155880

  • Condition: Nicks and abrasions to foot, body, handle, spout, and gorgon face, with light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice remains of glazing throughout.

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