Greek Apulian Blackware Olpe

**Originally Listed At $300**

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A lovely wheel-thrown pottery olpe with a circular base, an apple-shaped body, a rounded shoulder, a squat neck with a flared rim, and an applied strap handle joining rim to shoulder. The entire vessel is coated with lustrous black-hued glaze of an elegant presentation consistent with fine Apulian artistry. Size: 2.875" W x 3.2" H (7.3 cm x 8.1 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Wassem Alteir collection; ex-I.M. Chait Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA

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#140547
Condition Report: Minor nicks and abrasions to rim, handle, body, and base, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.