A Greek South Italian Gnathia Ware skyphos, c. 4th Century B.C.

A Greek South Italian Gnathia Ware skyphos, c. 4th Century B.C.

Code: 1201

£650.00

Description: A Gnathia Ware thin-walled skyphos decorated on one side with vines above an altar in white and the other side largely plain with some geometric and tendril decoration added in white. Expertly recomposed from fragments, a small rim chip, and some earthy encrustation in the interior, but a nice example of the type.

Size: 108 mm/4.2 ins. high and 166 mm/6.5 ins. in diameter between the handles

Culture: Greek South Italian Colonies

Date: c. 4th Century B.C.

Provenance: Previously in a French private collection, formed in the 1980s.