Description

Black Ware pottery prochous decorated with olive leaves in pale
red; two little female heads moulded at base of spout each side.

Xenon Ware, Greek Apulia, c 4th Century B C

Height: 16 cms

Condition: Complete and attractive, some small chips

Xenon ware is a specific type of Apulian pottery, so named after a vase in
Frankfurt (Beazley, EVP, p. 219,1.) inscribed with the name: XENON.
The type is distinguished by added matt red decoration over black glaze.
cf.: CVA, fascicule 14, Krannert Art Museum, (1989), pl. 60.