Bidspirit auction | BEAUTIFUL GNATHIAN BLACK GLAZED PHIALE

BEAUTIFUL GNATHIAN BLACK GLAZED PHIALE WITH DOLPHINS - Ca. 320 - 280 BCA Gnathian wheel-thrown pottery bowl with a squat foot and a hemispherical basin, all enrobed in lustrous jet-black glaze save for a ring above and beneath the foot. Whilst the exterior is not adorned; the interior is embellished with a motif of three sea animals, probably dolphins, swimming around a central flower. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 1584, Antiquities, Lot 274.Size: 75mm x 25mm; Weight: 45gProvenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.