Description:

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, Xenon, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. An attractive wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe (pouring vessel) with a flat base, an apple-shaped body with a tapered shoulder, a corseted neck, a prominent trefoil spout, and a slender strap handle arching between rim and shoulder. The entire vessel is enveloped in matte black-hued glaze, and fugitive red-pink creates a fret-topped ring on the shoulder as well as an enclosed register of repeating laurel leaves around the body. A fabulous example that demonstrates the elegant style of Xenon ware! Size: 2.625" W x 3.625" H (6.7 cm x 9.2 cm).

Xenon ware is a specific type of Apulian pottery, named after a famous vase in Frankfurt (Beazley, EVP, p. 219,1.) that is inscribed with the name: XENON. This type is distinguished by added matte pink/red decoration over black glaze as we see in this example.

Provenance: private Alabama, USA collection; ex-Roy Green collection

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#148736

  • Condition: Minor nicks and abrasions to base, body, spout, and handle, with light fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations within body, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original glaze and fugitive pigment.

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