COLLECTION OF APULIAN XENON WARE VESSELS.

Lot no. 769

Estimate: £300 - £600

Sale date : 11/30/2025 at 2:00 PM

Description

COLLECTION OF APULIAN XENON WARE VESSELS. Ca. 330 - 300 BC. A collection of three Xenon ware vessels, including, from left to right: a stemmed kantharos with high rounded handles and an ovoid body on a conical foot, the walls decorated with a running hound in added red on the black glaze; an olpe with a broad mouth and a strap handle from rim to shoulder, the globular body decorated with an owl between upright foliate panels; and a small kantharos with opposed loop handles and a ring foot, the shoulder bearing a frieze: on one face a band of paired laurel leaves, on the other alternating circles and crosses.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1971.11.13; J. W. Hayes, Greek and Italian Black-gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum: a Catalogue. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum.Size: 50-90mm x 65-80mm; Weight: 175gPrivate London collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; originally in the collection of C D'hondt, Liege 1980’s.

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