ATTIC SESSILE KANTHAROS Ca. 400 - 370 BC. A fabulous cylindrical cup with a flaring lip that meets the rounded bowl at an angle. The curved strap handles curve to join the area just beneath the lip to the mid-section of the body. The exterior walls on each side of the vase are elaborately painted from top to bottom: a band of tongues, a panel of alternating red and black columns with arrow-like motifs in black and white on one side, a panel of nested leaf-like forms also in red and black with added white details, and finally a continuous band of running wave motifs. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1814,0704.523. Christie's, Live Auction 7207, Antiquties, Lot 259. Size: 130mm x 165mm; Weight: 305g. Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgium art market; Daniel Bogaerts, Brussels, 1995.