Apulian Gnathia Trefoil Oinochoe

An ancient Apulian Gnathia trefoil oinochoe with striated vertical ribbing around the body; a theater mask on the neck and a handle terminating in the head of a feline.

Apulia, Magna Graecia, South Eastern Italy.
Ca. 330 - 300 BC.
Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm).
Intact.

Gnathia ware is so named as it was first found at the Apulian site of Egnathia. The black glaze ware is often decorated with applied red, white, or yellow painted floral motifs. Production probably was centered around Taras, with workshops in Egnathia, Canosa and Sicily..
The output and quality of the Greek colonial potters working in Apulia increased greatly following the Peloponnesian War when Attic exports fell off sharply. Apulian craftsmanship is an amalgamation of the Ionian (Athenian, Attic) conventions, and Doric (western colonial Greek) styles, with a noticeable native Italian aesthetic.

Formerly in the collection of Jerome Eisenberg, New York.

Inv#: 8636

$4,500

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