Skyphos; Greece, Gnathia, 4th century BC. Ceramics. It
Skyphos; Magna Graecia, Gnathia, 4th century BC.
Ceramics.
Restorations in black areas.
Provenance: Auction house "SVV Declerck", Brussels.
Size: 24 cm x 22 cm.
Skyphos made in the workshops of Gnathia, decorated with the black glaze technique, combined with synthesised geometric and vegetal motifs painted in red and white, arranged in concentric bands, in a style typical of Gnathian ceramics. The skyphos is a deep wine cup with two handles and a low, wide base, or without a base. The handles may be small and horizontal, projecting from the rim (in Corinthian and Athenian forms), or they may be loop-shaped, placed on the rim or protruding from the base. The black glaze technique uses the same glaze used on the red-and-black-figure ware, but covering the entire piece, without figurative decoration. It was a transparent raw glaze, which took on its characteristic intense, glossy black tone after firing.
Gnathia vases are a type of pottery belonging to ancient Apulian painting from the 4th century BC. They owe their name to the ancient city of Gnathia (now Egnazia) in eastern Apulia. There, the first examples of the style were discovered in the mid-19th century. Its production began in Apulia around 370/360 BC, in parallel to the local version of the red-figure style that developed tendencies towards polychromy at that time. Gnathian vases are characterised by the application of different paints directly on the body of the vase. The subjects depicted include erotes, images of women's lives, theatre scenes and Dionysian motifs. Painting was often confined to the upper half of the vase body, while the lower half often had only ornamental decoration. The most common forms were bells, pelicans, oinochoai and skyphos.
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Skyphos; Magna Graecia, Gnathia, 4th century BC.
Ceramics.
Restorations in black areas.
Provenance: Auction house "SVV Declerck", Brussels.
Size: 24 cm x 22 cm.
Skyphos made in the workshops of Gnathia, decorated with the black glaze technique, combined with synthesised geometric and vegetal motifs painted in red and white, arranged in concentric bands, in a style typical of Gnathian ceramics. The skyphos is a deep wine cup with two handles and a low, wide base, or without a base. The handles may be small and horizontal, projecting from the rim (in Corinthian and Athenian forms), or they may be loop-shaped, placed on the rim or protruding from the base. The black glaze technique uses the same glaze used on the red-and-black-figure ware, but covering the entire piece, without figurative decoration. It was a transparent raw glaze, which took on its characteristic intense, glossy black tone after firing.
Gnathia vases are a type of pottery belonging to ancient Apulian painting from the 4th century BC. They owe their name to the ancient city of Gnathia (now Egnazia) in eastern Apulia. There, the first examples of the style were discovered in the mid-19th century. Its production began in Apulia around 370/360 BC, in parallel to the local version of the red-figure style that developed tendencies towards polychromy at that time. Gnathian vases are characterised by the application of different paints directly on the body of the vase. The subjects depicted include erotes, images of women's lives, theatre scenes and Dionysian motifs. Painting was often confined to the upper half of the vase body, while the lower half often had only ornamental decoration. The most common forms were bells, pelicans, oinochoai and skyphos.
