Ca. 400 BC A beautiful skyphos from the region of Apulia, portraying typical futuristic decoration of Gnathian style. The vessel is decorated with the colours red, white, and yellow on the top of a glossy, black background. The obverse side features a stylised vine pattern consisting of grapes, leaves, and tendrils, with multiple bands of geometric and floral motifs above. The reverse displays a simple frame of two bands with circular motifs on either side completing the design. For similar see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession number: 1971.11.9. Size: L:90mm / W:130mm ; 0.15g Provenance: From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed before 2000 on the UK /European art markets.