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Greek Xenon-Ware Single-Handled Juglet Circa 4th Century BC
Description: Pleasing single-handled juglet on a small ring foot, glazed black and decorated with soft orange-pink color. A ray and dot pattern encircles below the rim. Two thick horizontal bands frame and encircling row of chevrons beginning and ending just below the handle. Height: 2.75 in. (7.0 cm) Condition: A v-shaped chip to the rim and a small chip to the foot. Glaze partially rubbed around the rim. Some very light encrustation. Provenance: James Sweeney Collection (2000-2008), ex-Fragments of Time, ex-William D. Heimbach Collection (New England). Background: See Margaret Mayo, Vases from Magna Graecia, p. 304, for the type. Price: $ 375
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