Etruscan Glazed Pottery Owl Skyphos, Xenon Group, South Italy, c. 330-300 B.C.

(Owl Skyphos)

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Item No.
35.37587
Culture
Etruscan, c. 330-300 B.C. 
Item Details.
Glazed skyphos decorated on either side with a standing schematic owl between two olive branches.

The Xenon Group designates a class of black-glaze vases with monochrome added-colour decoration, identified by Beazley and conventionally assigned to workshops active in eastern Basilicata and north-central Apulia between the second half of the fifth and the third quarter of the fourth century BC. The group takes its name from the inscription “XENON” on a kantharoid vessel in Frankfurt. The majority of recorded examples derive from indigenous Peucetian contexts, with a smaller number attested in Daunia. This example, depicting a stylised owl between two laurel branches, reproduces and imitates the so-called glaux skyphoi of Attic production, which enjoyed wide circulation in southern Italy.

Provenance: Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired in Dortmund, February 1996.

Attribution verified by accredited archaeologist, specialist in Ancient Mediterranean Ceramics and Numismatics.
Size
13.3 cm W with handles - 5 3/16 inches
Material
Terracotta 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Greek
Price.
US$ 2600
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