COLLECTION OF XENON WARE VESSELS. Ca. 400 - 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 kantharos with a pear-shaped body on a narrow foot with a circular base. Two high-arching handles extend from the rim to the shoulder. A large palmette motif, symmetrically arranged with radiating tendrils, decorates both sides of the body. The central vessel is a skyphos with a shallow, rounded bowl resting on a low, flaring foot. Two horizontal handles extend from opposite sides just below the rim. The exterior is encircled by a band of red-painted chevrons running parallel to the rim. The third vessel on the right is another kantharos with an inverted bell-shaped body set on a small, disc-shaped foot. Two looped handles rise from below the rim and curve outward before rejoining at the mid-body. The exterior features horizontal bands and a wavy linear motif positioned between the handles. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 06.1021.218; Christie's, Live Auction 19876, Antiquities, Lot 60. Size: 65-105mm x 25-75mm; 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.