Greek Canosan Pottery Beaked Oinochoe - Dorata

**Originally Listed At $700**

Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosa, ca. second half of the 4th century BCE. An elegant, tall pouring vessel on a ring base and with a high, arched handle and pinched lip spout. This style of vessel, unique to Canosa, is known as Dorata, describing the ocher-colored surface pigment, made to imitate gilded metal vessels. See a collection of several of these vessels here Size: 4.85" W x 10.25" H (12.3 cm x 26 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Francois de Ricqles collection, acquired at auction in Paris, September 30, 1999, lot 305

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Condition Report: Intact, with a few small chips and nicks commensurate with age.