Greek Campanian Blackware Olpe with Maskette

**Originally Listed At $600**

Magna Graecia, South Italy, Campanian, ca. 4th century CE. An attractive blackware vessel presenting a near spherical body that is meticulously adorned with slender vertical ribs, a rounded shoulder framed by incised linear bands, a slender tubular neck, a flat collared broad rim, and a single handle joining rim to shoulder that presents a lovely maskette of a female visage - perhaps representing Athena - at the upper end - all upon a torus foot. "Mar Caserta" is handwritten on the base - perhaps indicating the site in the Campanian region of Italy where this piece was found. Size: 5.25" H (13.3 cm)

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#140481
Condition Report: Handle reattached with areas of restoration and repainting. Possible repainting to the neck. Nicks to peripheries of rim and base. Body repaired from about 3 or 4 pieces. Normal surface wear with a few surface nicks.