ELEGANT GNATHIAN WARE EPICHYSIS WITH POLYCHROME DECORATION. Ca. 325 - 275 BC A terracotta epichysis with a pear-shaped body on a stepped ring foot and a tall, cylindrical neck ending in a projecting lip, with a high strap handle springing from the shoulder and joining the rim. The vessel is decorated in added colour with a frieze of suspended grape clusters amid curling tendrils and leaves, framed by dotted bands and a tongue border, with further linear ornament encircling the shoulder, body and neck. Size: 245mm x 90mm; Weight: 325g. Private London collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; originally in the collection of S Vanhoutte, Brussels 1990’s. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 4925, Antiquities, Lot 266.