COLLECTION OF XENON WARE VESSELS. Ca. 330 - 300 BC. A collection of three Xenon ware vessels, each with a black-glazed surface and added red-painted decoration. The first vessel on the left is a small kantharos with a rounded body and two high-arching handles extending from the shoulder to the rim. The midsection is decorated with a laurel wreath composed of elongated leaves stretching across the body. The second vessel is a skyphos with a deep, slightly flaring cup, a ring base, and two D-shaped handles. Its exterior is decorated with a series of horizontal bands enclosing rows of vertical strokes and circular motifs. The third vessel is a cup with a deep body, an everted rim, and a small loop handle at the side, decorated with a scrolling tendril motif at the front. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 06.1021.218; The Louvre Museum, Collection number: ED 509, ED 381; Christie's, Live Auction 7207, Antiquities, Lot 248 (decoration). Size: 50-70mm x 65-65mm; Weight: 135g 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.