GNATHIAN BLACK-GLAZE KANTHAROS WITH DOVE. Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A black-glazed kantharos with a tapering body, twin handles, and a footed base. The body is decorated with vertical ribbing and the upper register features a continuous band of painted ornamentation. One side presents a central depiction of a dove in added white, with details in yellow, positioned between two arched vegetal motifs. The other side displays a frieze of short diagonal strokes encircling the vessel just below the rim. The foot is reserved and encircled by a row of yellow-painted dots. For similar see: The Spurlock Museum, Artifact Identification 1922.01.0049. Size: 95mm x 150mm; Weight: 155g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.