Greek Xenon Pottery Kylix with Swan
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Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. An attractive kylix presenting a classic form and a beautiful decorative program arrived at via fugitive peachy-pink pigment. On the tondo is an elegant swan depicted in profile with a long beak and feathery wings encircled by a ring-like border followed by a laurel leaf garland, with matching garlands on the exterior walls - all delineated in characteristic Xenon peachy-pink over a glossy black glaze. Size: 9.5" W handlespan x 2.3" H (24.1 cm x 5.8 cm)
Xenon ware is a specific type of Apulian pottery, named after a vase in Frankfurt (Beazley, EVP, p. 219,1.) that is inscribed with the name: XENON. The type is distinguished by added pale pink/red decoration over black glaze.
Provenance: ex Estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA acquired before 2000
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Xenon ware is a specific type of Apulian pottery, named after a vase in Frankfurt (Beazley, EVP, p. 219,1.) that is inscribed with the name: XENON. The type is distinguished by added pale pink/red decoration over black glaze.
Provenance: ex Estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA acquired before 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#157883
Condition
Professionally repaired from about 8 to 10 pieces with handles reattached, restoration and areas of repainting in vicinity of the break lines. There is some slight pigment loss, but the decorative program is generally strong. Black glazed areas have developed a wonderful iridescence as well.
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Greek Xenon Pottery Kylix with Swan
Estimate $1,000 - $1,500
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