Ca. 4th century BC. A pouring vessel known as a prochous, wheel-thrown and decorated with a lustrous black glaze. The vessel is defined by its discoid foot, a bulbous teardrop-shaped body, a narrow neck which tapers to a projecting spout, and a high-arching strap handle which joins shoulder to spout base. The body is intricately painted with white, and yellow hues to form a horizontal band of grape vine with projecting leaves, below a band of linear lines centred by ovolo and dots above. For a similar see: Green, J. R., "The Gnathia Pottery of Apulia", The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia, eds. M. E. Mayo and K. Hamma, Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1982.Size: L:60mm / W:113mm ; 360gProvenance: 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.