A GREEK GNATHIAN PROCHOUS WITH LION HEAD TERMINALS
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Circa 400 BC. A delicate, well detailed vessel known as a prochous, formed in a black-glazed, crafted with a tall bulbous body tapering into shaped spout and long handle behind. Elegantly decorated with ornamental bands of geometric decoration called listati; decorated with a central rosette motif painted in a diamond shape, with bands of dot and scrolling, below the rim, a band of ovolo and meander. Continuing with a band of colour exchanging between red and yellow. Either side of the handle and spout are two terminals with lion heads. For similar see The Art of South Italy; Vases from Magna Graecia, Margaret Allen Mayo.Size: L:190mm / W:70mm ; 160gProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery; previously in Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feuer, New York, acquired 1970s - 1980s.
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A GREEK GNATHIAN PROCHOUS WITH LION HEAD TERMINALS
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