Apulian Net Lekythos

Culture: Greek/Apulia

Period: 4th century B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 15.7 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 2362

Provenance: French private collection, acquired in the 1980s. Last in an English auction house.

Condition: Spout reattached, a small chip on the rim, otherwise intact.

Description: Lekythos on a set off ring foot with a long cylindric neck and a funnel-shaped muzzle with a slightly curved, horizontal rim. On the corpus fine, black net decoration, framed by black bands above and below. On the neck encircling black tongues. Handle, spout and the outside of the ring foot also in black.