Miniature Greek crater, Gnathia ware, Apulia 4th century BC
$440.00 AUD
Miniature Greek ‘Neck Crater’, of distinct black-glaze Gnathia ware, painted with pink slip decoration of a zig-zag to one side, a Greek key to the other, within double white lines.
Apulia, South Italy, 4th century BC
5cm high
Condition: good, no repairs, several rim chips evident.
The small vessels of this type were most probably intended to hold a small libation – wine in a crater lake this – which could be left at a shrine.
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