Petite Greek Apulian / Gnathian Pottery Net Lekythos

**Originally Listed At $550**

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Eastern Apulia/Ignazia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. An attractive wheel-thrown pottery lekythos of a petite form with a squat disc foot, a barrel-shaped body with a rounded shoulder, a corseted neck, a sloped rim overhanging the funnel mouth, and an applied handle arching between the neck and shoulder. Pale orange slip acts as the base color for the vessel, with black-and-white vertical stripes adorning the neck, and solid swaths of color on the rim, shoulder, handle, and foot. A broad crosshatch-patterned 'net' motif decorates the body, and fugitive white pigment is applied on each intersecting stripe. A wonderful example from ancient Magna Graecia! Size: 1.625" W x 3.625" H (4.1 cm x 9.2 cm).

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private H.G. collection, Rhineland-Palatinate, acquired between 1970 and 1999

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Condition Report: Minor nicks to rim, handle, body, and foot, with light fading to original pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and great traces of original pigment throughout. Old inventory label beneath foot.