Greek Apulian Lidded Lekanis

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #979741
BD 2611

Very rare size, almost a miniature! Ancient Greek Lekanis, ca. 350 B.C., from the ancient Greek colony of Apulia in southern Italy. Terracotta lidded pottery vessel with footed base, dome-shaped lid and knob handle. Lid painted in red-figure style with series of four repeating palmettes. The Lekanis was used in antiquity to store soaps and scented perfumes. Just 3-1/4"H x 4-1/2"W (including handles), intact/excellent condition with overall surface encrustation and minor rim chip. ... Click for details

Greek Sicilian Red-Figure Lebes Gamikos, circa 340 BC

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #976919
GD-471

A superb red-figure Lebes Gamikos and Cover, featuring the characteristic high vertical handles of elegant form. There is a small lid in the centre with a tall, waisted, central knob and pedestal foot. One side painted with a draped women holding a pillow in one hand and a palm branch in the other. The other side has a Satyr holding a situla in one hand and a similar palm branch in the other. Palmettes and scrolls in the handle zones. Dates to circa 340 B.C. Lebes Gamikoi , first appeared in t... Click for details

Superb Greek Apulian Kylix

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #976864
BD2601

Although admittedly I do not recognize the subject of this incredible vessel, I am still able to marvel at its beauty! Large ancient Greek pottery kylix, from Apulia, ca 350 B.C. Incredible glossy surface and a design that looks like small snakes (or sea creatures) slithering aside a figure "8" design; low foot and twin looping handles. What really sets this apart is the glaze - simply beautiful! 11-1/2"W handlespan x 2-5/8"H, appears intact but area of repair to section of one handle and rim... Click for details

Greek Xenon Ware Miniature Olpe

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #974837
BD2587

Circa 325 BC, made in Apulia, southeastern Italy. Thin-walled miniature olpe with deep tapered form, rolled rim and single handle. Decorated with a laurel wreath bordered above and below by a single band with vertical rays pointing toward neck. Xenon pottery was a school of regional pottery in Apulia. Unique in style, these vases strayed from normal conventions in Greek vase-painting in that the vessels would be almost completely covered in a thick black slip and then the decorations would be a... Click for details

Greek Apulian Lekanis - Lady of Fashion

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #974836
BD2586

Very rare size, almost a miniature! Ancient Greek Lekanis, ca. 350 BC, from the ancient Greek colony of Apulia in southern Italy. Terracotta pottery in an elegant form, with footed base, dome-shaped lid and knob handle. Lid is painted in red-figure style with portraits of two "ladies of fashion," each shown wearing earrings, Saccos (hair-net) and radiate stephane. Palmettes border the portraits on either side. The Lekanis was used in antiquity to store soaps and scented perfumes. Just 3-1/... Click for details

Greek Apulian Skyphos - Saint Valentin Style

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #974835
BD2585

Manufactured in the Greek colony of Apulia in southeastern Italy in the Xenon style, ca 340 to 325 B.C. Beautiful blackware skyphos (wine cup) with slightly-everted rim and two horizontal looped handles upon a short rounded base. Decorated with band of meandering ivy / florals, then with a top band featuring Greek key design. Surface is shiny like glass with a fabulous silvery iridescence. 4"H x 7-1/2"W (including handles), intact/excellent condition, save one inner rim chip, as shown. Rare to ... Click for details

Greek Blackware Pottery Skyphos

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #967620
BD2550

Magna-Grecia Greek Skyphos, ca. 350 B.C., coming most likely from southern Italy -- chance this one is Attic, as evidenced by twin concentric circles at base, often found in Attic pottery. Undecorated blackware potttery wine cup with twin vertical handles and small foot. 4-1/8"H x 7-5/8" handlespan, repaired from several fragments with overpainting to some of the exterior to hide repairs. Still, a nice example for the money. ... Click for details

GREEK TERRACOTTA SQUAT LEKYTHOS

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #964685
X36

Small squat lekythos with a painted fish (?). Greek from South Italy. 4th century BC. In acceptable condition with some repair and some missing part. H:47cm

Greek Gnathia Pelike Magna Graecia, Apulian vase

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #963438
GD-466

Lovely Greek Gnathia Pelike from circa 330- 320 BC, showing a kalathos with fruits between branches. There is also a necklace pattern in white and yellow painted on the black surface, very typical of Gnathia ware of this period. It has a rounded body whose greatest diameter is towards its base. The narrow neck leads to a wide, flaring lip that is flat on top and convex in profile. The foot is in two degrees with a narrow, flaring upper section and a wide, flat lower section. The handles are rou... Click for details

Greek Apulian Xenon Swan Kylix

Greek: South Italic Pre AD 1000: item #962153
BD2537

Getting very hard to find - especially in this condition! Ancient Greek Kylix (wine cup) manufactured in the Greek colony of Apulia in southeastern Italy in the Xenon style, ca 340 to 325 B.C. in the Xenon style. Shallow pottery cup with low foot and twin handles, decorated on the interior with typical Xenon-style laurel leaves, and single swan in profile in tondo. 8-1/2"W to handles, one small section of rim re-attached, else perfect! ... Click for details