An Apulian Xenonware Miniature Skyphos, ca. 450 - 350 BCE
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A finely made miniature skyphos in black-glazed ceramic, with a curved form sitting on a low ring base and two handles applied at either end of the wide mouth. The body has been decorated in red ochre with a register of horizontal chevrons below the rim, separated from a lower register of waves with a band. Miniature xenonware vessels such as this example were used to hold votive offerings at temples and home shrines.
Travellers would make a pilgrimage to a temple or religious site where they could purchase a vessel to leave an offering, or to take home to present at their local temple or home shrine.
Medium: Blackware ceramic
Dimensions: Height: 1 5/8 inches (4 cm), Width: 3 1/2 inches (8.9 cm)
Condition: One handle reapplied, otherwise intact and in very good condition.
Provenance: David F. Hoff, TX (1948 - 2021) private collection, acquired between 1993 - 1997 and then by descent.
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