GNATHIAN OINOCHOE WITH GRAPES. Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A black-glazed oinochoe with an ovoid body on a thin ring base, a tall neck with trefoil mouth, and a single handle joining the rim and shoulder. The upper section is decorated in added red, white, and yellow pigments, arranged in a structured sequence comprising a band of tongues at the shoulder, followed by rows of dotted lines, a key-pattern frieze, plain horizontal bands, and a register of pendant grape clusters framed by scrolling tendrils. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1971.11.5; M. Rubinich, Ceramica e coroplastica dalla Magna Grecia nella collezione De Brandis, Eritreg, 2006, Cat. 53-54 p. 103-105. Size: 175mm x 110mm; Weight: 360g 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.