Bidspirit auction | GNATHIAN LEKYTHOS

GNATHIAN LEKYTHOS - Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A wheel-made terracotta lekythos with a flared disc mouth, cylindrical neck, and piriform body tapering to a stepped foot. Decorated in black glaze with added white and yellow overpaint, the neck features vertical tongues, the shoulder bears encircling lines, and the body is covered with a net pattern in white. For similar see: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection, Object Number: A655075; M. Rubinich, Ceramica e coroplastica della magna grecia nella Collezione de Brandis, 2006, Cat. 92. Size: 75mm x 45mm; Weight: 45g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the English art market; Wilson Jenikin, London 1982.