An Apulian Xenonware Miniature Skyphos, ca. 450 - 350 BCE Chains - 18K White Gold literally 'the sound one'

literally 'the sound one'

Wakirlpirri Jukurrpa (Dogwood Tree Dreaming)

and the raised planes of the overall piece would have reflected light and sparkled in the sun

often evoking clouds

An Apulian Xenonware Miniature Skyphos, ca. 450 - 350 BCE Chains - 18K White Gold literally 'the sound one'A finely made miniature skyphos in black glazed ceramic, with a curved form sitting on a low ring base and two handles applied at either end of the wide mouth. The body has been decorated in red ochre with a register of horizontal chevrons below the rim, separated from a lower register of waves with a band. Miniature xenonware vessels such as this example were used to hold votive offerings at temples and home shrines. Travellers would make a