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Apulia (Italy) Xenon-Ware vases Circa 400BC - 300BC, glazed and…
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Auction Location:
Perth
Date:
23-Nov-2008
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Apulia (Italy) Xenon-Ware vases Circa 400BC - 300BC, glazed and painted earthenware, comprising nine vases of various shapes and sizes. (9 items). Reference M.E. Mayo 'The Art of South Italy vases From Magna Graecia', 1982 Note Xenon-ware is another feature of Apulian pottery, being neither fully Greek nor fully native. Such vases are decorated with applied colour over a black glaze, the glaze is usually shiny with a metallic tinge, whilst the colour is typically a matt pinkish red, the decorative motifs are painted in a style quite different from that of the main Greek tradition
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Antiquities: Roman