Bidspirit auction | GREEK BLACK GLAZE SESSILE KANTHAROS

GREEK BLACK GLAZE SESSILE KANTHAROS - Ca. 450 BC. A black glaze sessile kantharos with a rounded lower body, flaring neck and twin horizontal handles. Both sides are decorated with vertical bands of alternating black and reserved chevrons, bordered by radiating strokes above and laurel leaves below. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 56.171.60. Size: 155mm x 115mm; Weight: 280g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.