Greek Gnathian pottery kantharos, ex. Louis-Gabriel Bellon

G148

£1,200.00

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A black glaze pottery kantharos cup with twin knotted handles and a ribbed lower body. The foot, shoulder and lower handles are decorated with white and yellow painted details.

Culture
Greek, South Italian colonies, Gnathia ware, late 4th Century BC

Size
10.4 x 13.3 cms including handles

Condition
Intact, light chipping and surface accretions as seen in the photographs

Provenance
Ex. deceased estate, Suffolk, UK; acquired from Charles Ede Ltd in 2011 (their inventory number 8556). Formerly in the collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon, France (1819-1899). Supplied with a copy of an export licence from the French Ministry of Culture and also a certificate from the Art Loss Register (ref. S00028269). A 19th Century paper collection label “199” on the side of the rim.

Louis-Gabriel Bellon was a French archaeologist, painter and passionate collector of antiquities. He amassed one of the largest collections of Greek antiquities in 19th-century Europe. After his death, much of his collection was housed in a purpose-built museum in Bellon’s hometown of Saint Nicolas-lez-Arras. The museum was destroyed during the First World War, but much of the collection survived and was kept by Bellon’s family privately for the remainder of the 20th century. Of these works, large parts of the collection were sold in 2009 and 2021, with pieces acquired by major museums includng the Louvre and the British Museum.

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