Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, Gnathia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A very fine pottery wine cup (skyphos) presenting a classic silhouette, with a remarkably thin-walled body, twin horizontal loop handles with upraised ends, and a short, round, tiered concave foot, created in a pottery workshop in the Apulia region of southern Italy where potters were known for introducing additional pigments to the red-figure painting technique - in this case yellow-orange and white. The elaborate decorative program on this example consists of an upper register featuring a blossoming, leafy floral vine above an altar flanked by a pair of filets, each with a dangling pendant adorned with a tiny schematic figure. On the opposite side is a long budded tendril. The black ground boasts wonderful iridescence. Overall, a lovely example that demonstrates skillful technique and a refined polychromatic effect characteristic of Gnathia. Size: 5" W x 3" H (12.7 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection, acquired before 2000

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#125984

Minor surface wear, particularly to the rim, and a few scuffs and tiny pigment losses, but overall excellent with beautiful iridescence to the black surfaces.