APULIAN BLACK GLAZED GUTTUS WITH LION PROTOME AND LID. Ca. 400 BC. A black-glazed ceramic guttus with a ribbed body, resting on a ring base. The vessel is decorated with vertical fluting that extends from the upper body down towards the base. A lion protome forms the spout, rendered with open jaws and a ridged mane. An arched handle rises from the back, while a central filler opening on the top is bordered by a low ridge and covered with a lid featuring a central knob. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1984.11.4a, b; The British Museum, Museum number 1814,0704.637. Size: 70mm x 100mm; Weight: 165g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.