A pair of ancient Canosan Greek painted terracotta doves.
Canosa, Apulia, Magna Graecia.
Ca. 350 – 300 BC.
Canosa was a prosperous early Greek colony in Apulia. It became an important commercial center and producer of fine pottery in the Hellenistic Period.
Formerly in the Philip Pearlstein collection, New York.
$3,500