APULIAN XENON WARE CUP WITH LAUREL WREATH AND PALMETTE Ca. 325 - 275 BC. A shallow terracotta cup with a broad, everted rim, resting on a ring foot. The interior is decorated with a central roundel enclosing a palmette, encircled by a band of wavy motifs and a frieze of laurel leaves. A second frieze of laurel leaves is painted around the outer surface of the body. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1972.11.7. Size: 35mm x 150mm; Weight: 160g Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.