Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Eastern Apulia, Gnathian, ca. 370 to 360 BCE. An elegant wheel thrown Gnathian vessel, this voluminous drinking mug with an attached loop handle is beautifully adorned in the traditional Gnathian manner with the application of different paints directly onto the glazed blackware surface - the added/fugitive white and yellow pigments delineating a berry vine with spiraling tendrils on the neck, a yellow beaded motif above followed by an upper register of white "v" motifs. Adding further interest are the incised vertical striations contouring the curved walls of the body beneath. What's more, there is a marvelous iridescence to the black finish. Size: 3" W x 4" H (7.6 cm x 10.2 cm)

Gnathia ware is named for the site where it was first discovered - the Apulian site of Egnathia. The black glaze ware is traditionally decorated with floral motifs in red, white, or yellow hues. Scholars believe that its production most likely was centered around Taras, with primary workshops in Egnathia and Canosa. The quantity and quality of Greek colonial Apulian potters increased significantly following the Peloponnesian War when Attic exports dramatically decreased. Apulian artistry demonstrates influences of Ionian (Athenian, Attic) conventions, as well as Doric (western colonial Greek) styles, with a palpable native Italian aesthetic.

Provenance: private Carlton Collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired between 1965 and 1980

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A few surface chips/nicks to rim, body, and base as shown. Inventory label on the base.