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South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8
South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8

LOT NO 8503

STOCK NO 163568

South Italian Gnathian terracotta oinochoe (jug) Apulian or Campanian (Late 4th century BC c.325-300 BC) of elegant ovoid form with trefoil mouth and single strap handle, the handle terminating in a stylised serpentine motif merging into the pouring lip, the vessel covered in a black gloss slip and decorated in added red, white and yellow with a theatrical mask, fillets and scrolling Dionysiac vine motifs, H19cm Notes: Gnathian ware takes its name from Egnathia in Apulia and is characterised by a black-gloss ground with added-colour decoration; the theatrical mask, fillets and vine scrolls relate to Dionysiac imagery associated with the symposium and theatre in South Italian Greek culture of the late fourth century BC. A very similar oinochoe is held in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 76.12.8

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