PAIR OF XENON WARE OINOCHOAI WITH PALMETTES

Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A pair of wheel-thrown terracotta oinochoai, each with a piriform body, trefoil mouth, and high-arched handle, covered in a black gloss slip with added red pigment for the central palmette motif. For similar see: The National Museum in Warsaw, Inventory number 239219 MNW. Size: 65-65mm x 50-50mm; Weight: 80g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the English art market; Wilson Jenikin, London 1982.