Apulian Red-Figure Owl Glaux

An ancient Apulian Greek red-figure glaux, with one vertical and one horizontal handle, decorated with an owl between olive leaf sprigs on both sides.

Apulia, Magna Graecia, South Eastern Italy.
Ca. 4th century BC.
Height: 3 in. (8 cm).
Intact.

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#: 8648

$4,500

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