COLLECTION OF XENON WARE VESSELS WITH ANIMALS AND OLIVE LEAVES

Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A collection of Xenon ware vessels, including, from left to right: an olpe with an ovoid body, flaring mouth, and loop handle, decorated with vertical strokes and a laurel band; a skyphos with a deep body, twin horizontal handles, and linear and leaf decoration; a small ribbed olpe with a rounded body and flaring mouth, also with a laurel band; two miniature oinochoai, each with a pear-shaped body, trefoil mouth, and red-painted bird motif; and a small oinochoe with red-painted running animals between linear borders. For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: 1971.11.14 Size: 47-90mm x 45-85mm; Weight: 295g Provenance: From a private UK collection; London market acquisition; earlier part of a Swiss collection spanning the 1980s–2007. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.