LOT 0228 PAIR OF HELLENISTIC MINIATURE XENON VESSELS
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Ca. 400-300 BC. Apulia. A beautiful pair of miniature South Italic xenon ware vessels. One is a classic olpe with an elegant body featuring two decorative registers in added matte red pigment adorning the body/shoulder - from top to bottom - a band of vertical frets and next a band of bay leaves. The other is a trefoil spout oinochoe with a bulbous body and curved handle on a ringed foot; the body is decorated a large red palmette. Good condition. Both items were created in a pottery workshop in the region of Apulia in southern Italy where potters were known for introducing additional pigments to black-glazed vessels. 'Xenon ware' refers to this particular variety of Apulian pottery which features matte red decoration added on a glossy black background. The term 'Xenon ware' comes from a kantharos displayed at the Liebieghaus Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, which bears the inscription 'XENON' and was the basis for categorisation of this type of Apulian pottery. Size: L:set of 2: 57mm, 65mm / W:42mm, 55mm ; 67g. Provenance: From the private collection of a Kent gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK /European art markets.
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