(i) An Apulian Squat Lekythos (Italy) Depicting a woman, her hair gathered in a saccos Classical Period, Circa 4th century BC Painted Earthenware Height 12.3 cm Diameter 7 cm Provenance: Gallery East, North Fremantle, Wa Note (a) Apulia, a Greek city-state in Southern Italy, was a centre for the manufacture of pottery. Its vases tend to fall into two main groups - plain or ornate. The former were decorated with simple compositions, many only with the head of a woman, her hair covered in a saccos. A saccos is a piece of fabric that covered the whole head like a cap. (b) A squat lekythos is a one-handled jug used for both oil and unguents. (ii) An Apulian Red-Figured Skyphos (Italy) Depicting an Owl between two Olive Branches Classical Period, Circa 4th century BC Painted Earthenware Height 7 cm Diameter (ex. handles) 9.5 cm Note A skyphos is a two-handled deep drinking cup on a low flanged base. The decorations on both the front and reverse are almost identical. The owl and olive branch being symbols of the Goddess Athena (iii) An Attic Black-Glazed Kylix (Greece) Classical Period, Circa 4th century BC Glazed Earthenware Height 8 cm Diameter (ex. handles) 17.5 cm Note (a) Attic pottery surpassed that of all other centres, both in its craftsmanship and in the quality of its brilliant orange-red clay. Whilst Athens is most famous for its decorated ware, both black-figure and red-figure, its potters also produced many undecorated pieces with a black glaze. That glaze is usually shiny with a metallic tinge. (b) A kylix is a two-handled shallow drinking cup raised on a stem from a foot