LARGE GREEK/APULIAN-SOUTHERN ITALIAN-GNATHIA SKYPHOS-LEAD REPAIR-GETTY ANALYSIS

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LARGE GREEK/APULIAN-SOUTHERN ITALIAN-GNATHIA SKYPHOS-LEAD REPAIR-GETTY ANALYSIS:
$18000.00

THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF GNATHIA WARE FROM THE 4TH BCE. NEARLY ALL SOUTHERN ITALIAN VASES WERE NEVER \"USED\" IN ANTIQUITY!! THEY WERE MERE GRAVE GOODS. THIS PIECE WAS A HIGHLY VALUED PART OF SOMEONE\'S LIFE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. HOW DO WE KNOW THIS? FIRST, YOU CAN SEE INSIDE THE VASE AND NOTICE THE BOTTOM HAS BEEN WORN OUT FROM THE MIXING OF WINE WITH WATER TO THIN THE CONSISTENCY. SECONDLY, THERE IS THE OBVIOUS IN THE LEAD STAPLES USED TO REPAIR AN ANCIENT BREAKAGE.
WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED IN THE 1990\'S FROM AN EX GERMAN COLLECTION/COLLECTOR, I TOOK THE VASE TO THE GETTY MUSEUM TO HAVE JERRY PODANY VIEW. HE REFERRED ME TO A WOMAN AT THE GETTY NAMED MAYA ELSTON. IN 1990 MAYA WROTE A DETAILED ARTICLE, TITLED,\" ANCIENT REPAIRS TO VASES IN THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM, JOURNAL, VOLUME 18/1990\"
AFTER MAYA VIEWED MY VASE, SHE CHANGED HER ENTIRE THEORY ON HOW THE LEAD WAS APPLIED. SHE FIRST BELIEVED THAT \"FORMS\" WERE APPLIED AFTER HOLES WERE DRILLED, AND THE LEAD WAS POURED INTO THE FORMS. IF YOU NOTICE ONE OF THE REPAIRS IS \"STACKED\" ONE LEAD PIECE ONTO ANOTHER AND THEN ANOTHER. MAYA THEN CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO \"FORM\", BUT INSTEAD APPLIED WITH \"SOFTENED\" LEAD AND NO FORM WAS USED. SHE CONCLUDED THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN EXAMPLE LIKE THIS AND MAYA WAS GRATEFUL!.VASE MEASURES NEARLY 12 INCHES TALL AND 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE HAS BEEN OVER PAINTING AND REPAIRS IN ANTIQUITY. I WILL INCLUDE THE ENTIRE GETTY ARTICLE AND INFO WITH PURCHASE. I HAVE INCLUDED ONE PAGE FROM THE GETTY ARTICLE DEPICTING \"ONE\" LEAD REPAIR.I WOULD DISCUSS LOWERING THE PRICE IF PURCHASED DIRECTLY. PLEASE EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS.