Elegant epichysis from Egnazia Italy attributed to the Rose Painter, with reel-shaped body and high gloss finish. On the top portion of the body, a vine band of grape clusters, leaves and tendrils, dots, ovolo and ray pattern on the neck. All painted in classic Gnathian colours; red, yellow and white. On the handle, mold-made masks where the handle joins the rim. The inner body decorated with a finely painted dove framed by a dotted flower and wreath. Measures 6.5 inches in height. Dates to circa 340-320 BC.
Provenance: Ex. Gebhard and Johannes Hager. Exhibited at the Stadtmuseum Ottweiler.
Bibliography:
Green, J. R., Gnathia Pottery in the Akademisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Mainz, Verlag Philipp Von Zabern, 1976.
Green, J. R., "More Gnathia Pottery in Bonn", Archäologischer Anzeiger (1977)
Green, J. R., "Some Painters of Gnathia Vases", Institute of ClassicalStudies Bulletin, 15 (1968)
Green, J. R., "The Gnathia Pottery of Apulia", The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia, eds. M. E. Mayo and K. Hamma, Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1982
