Ca. 300 BC. A finely modelled skyphos from the Gnathia region of Magnia Graecia. It is made from light brown clay, which has been covered with a rich black gloss. The vase has a large, tapering body which rests on a small, undecorated foot, and there are two small handles attached to either side. The front central decorative panel features a vine branch with leaves and fruits between the handles on both sides. The reverse features the same row of white and yellow tongues at the rim, bordered in turn by two thin parallel lines. Three hanging white tendrils flank two gold dot-rosettes. For a similar, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Item 1971.11.2. Please note: The item on the right on the last picture is not for sale and is there to provide an accurate representation of the size of the skyphos. Size: L:270mm / W:382mm ; 2.8KgProvenance: Private London collection; previously with Edmund Bourke, MD., Yonkers, NY.; ex. Ye Olde Curiosite Shoppe, Arnold Saslow, South Orange, NJ., 6/25/2005.