Greek Gnathian Polychrome Skyphos w/ Alabastron

**First Time At Auction**

Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Ignazia, Gnathian, ca. late 4th to 3rd century BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery skyphos of captivating form decorated with fugitive pigment. The vessel presents with a discoid foot, an inverted bell-shaped body with a thin rim, and a pair of parabolic handles emanating outwards from just beneath the rim. The entire vessel save for the lower body and areas of the foot are enveloped with lustrous black glaze that has developed shimming silvery iridescence. Painted on the obverse are registers of tongues, dashes, stippling, ivy leaves, acanthus leaves, ribbons, spoked wheels, and a central, white-hued alabastron, and the verso presents ivy vines with flowers and additional tongues. An attractive composition from ancient Ignazia! Size: 5.8" W x 3.8" H (14.7 cm x 9.7 cm)

Provenance: private East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, before 2010

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.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.

Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.

#157791
Condition Report: One handle reattached to terminals, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions to foot, body, handles, and basin walls, with touch-up painting to only a few areas of exterior fugitive pigment, and light encrustations. Great preservation to fugitive pigment, and wonderful silvery iridescence across interior and exterior surfaces. Old inventory label beneath base.