Pair of 'Gnathia-Ware' skyphoi
Fine Greek southern Italian skyphoi, displaying typical features of Gnathian style. The vessel is decorated with the colours red, white and yellow over the top of a glossy, black background. The decoration consist of an ivy band on the lip with a white band below for both, the second one displays also a dotted line on the foot
Note
Gnathia ware is named after the Apulian town of Gnathia (Egnazia) where vases showing this technique were first identified. Though it may have originated there, it was soon made in several centres of southern Italy and Sicily. The technique relied on the application of added colour, principally white, yellow and red, to enliven the surface of a black-glaze vase. The Painter of the Louvre Bottle was one of the leading painters working in the Gnathia technique.
Period
Apulia, 4th century B.C.
Dimension
H.
10.6 cm (4 11⁄64 in)
Private collection, Prof. Angelo Signorelli, prior to 1951
Swiss private collection A.C. (1921-2015), acquired from the above, thence by descent
