XENON WARE POTTERY KYLIX

Ca. 400 - 300 BC.
A Xenon ware kylix, i.e. a wide-bowled drinking cup with a large, black glazed foot and twin horizontal handles protruding from the sides. The tondo depicts a central register of palmette enclosed by a double band and encircled further by a wreath of laurel leaves. The same motif is repeated on the exterior. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 19876 Antiquities, Lot. 60.
Size: 200mm x 50mm; Weight: 185g
Provenance: Property of a central London Gallery; formerly in a South English estate collection; acquired in the 1990s from Andre de Munter, Brussels, Belgium; previously in an old European collection.