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LOT 0577
Greek Campania Black Glazed Ware Oinochoe
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (215 grams, 12.6 cm).
Tapering body and broad rounded shoulder decorated with incised vertical ribs, trefoil mouth, integral handle, everted foot with tapered edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 41.162.49, for a 4th century B.C. Campanian example; cf. the Beazley archive vases nos. 9008677- 9008678 (in Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Fiesole, Collezione Costantini, 2, 29, PL.(2598) 38.1-2) and 9016140 (in Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Gotha, Schlossmuseum, 2, 44, pl.(1420) 89.5).
FootnotesSuch oinochoe vessels were produced in southern Italy from the 4th century B.C., most probably in the Greek colony of Campania. These vessels were characterised by a bulbous body with an elegant design, and by a black metallic glaze of a very fine quality, conferring a marvellous, smooth exterior surface.
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