Bidspirit auction | GREEK BLACK-GLAZE GUTTOS

GREEK BLACK-GLAZE GUTTOS - Ca. 500 - 400 BC.A terracotta guttos with a lustrous black glaze. The vessel has a long spout with a wide, out-turned rim and a squat, globular body adorned with vertically ribbed edges. It rests on an elevated foot, partially left unglazed, and features a single lug handle attached to the shoulder. The central disc of the body is decorated with a low-relief depiction of a female portrait.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 41.162.231.Size: L:95mm / W:105mm ; 145gProvenance: Property of a central London Gallery; formerly in a South English estate collection; acquired in the 1990s from Andre de Munter, Brussels, Belgium; previously in and old European collection.