Description:

Magna Graecia, South Italy, Xenon style, ca. 4th century BCE. A miniature kantharos on a raised rounded foot with twin loop handles, the exterior walls finely painted with added pink pigment characteristic of Xenon ware, featuring a stylized leaf motif framed by finely painted double lines. Nice iridescence has developed over the ages on the black slip. Size: handlespan 3" W x 1.875" H (7.6 cm x 4.8 cm)

Xenon ware is a specific type of Apulian pottery, named after a vase in Frankfurt (Beazley, EVP, p. 219,1.) that is inscribed with the name: XENON. The type is distinguished by added matt red decoration over black glaze. Miniature vases like this example, perhaps toys or votives, are especially prevalent among this type of pottery.

Provenance: Ex- Collection of James Farmer, Maryland, collected from major galleries and auction houses between 1995 and 2005; Ex-Sotheby's, Sale 8336, Lot 101, 7 December 1995

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  • Condition: Surface wear with scratches/losses to pink and black pigment as shown.

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