Greek Xenon ware mug, South Italy, Apulia, c.4th century BC
Terracotta
Height: 13.6cm
11546 IVP
Charles Ede, London
The body is decorated in applied red paint with a band of laurel around the body bordered by pairs of thin horizontal bands, and downward rays around the shoulder. A...
The body is decorated in applied red paint with a band of laurel around the body bordered by pairs of thin horizontal bands, and downward rays around the shoulder. A bifurcated handle is drawn from the shoulder to the splayed lip, the surface covered in a fine black glaze save for the lower half of the interior. The foot’s outer wall slightly inset. Some minor chipping to the glaze and craquelure around the neck.
Provenance
Stephen Joel Albert (1941-1992), New York, USA; inventory number 4128, thence by descentKathryn Albert, New Jersey, USA
