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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 4100442, member: 37707&quot;]One of my latest pottery acquisitions:</p><p>(Images used with permission of Artemis Gallery)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066127[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066128[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ancient Greece, South Italic, Apulian, ca. 4th century BCE. A gorgeous lekythos created in a pottery workshop in the Apulian region of southern Italy where potters were known for introducing additional pigments to the red-figure painting technique - in this case red, yellow, and white. This example presents a lovely Lady of Fashion with a wavy coiffure adorned by a laurel leaf wreath and long ear ornaments - her profile visage beautifully painted with delicate facial features - surrounded by trumpet flower vines. The field is additionally ornamented with a band of triple dotted motifs followed by a band of larger dotted motifs in white and yellow along the shoulder, an egg and dart register below the lady, frets on the lower neck, and striated bands on the base. The form is just as elegant, boasting a stunning silhouette with a globular body, a narrow neck, a conical spout rising to a flat rim, and a curvaceous handle joining neck to shoulder, all upon a concave foot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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