An Apulian Xenonware Miniature Skyphos, ca. 450 - 350 BCE Chains - 18K White Gold Food and drink offerings were

Food and drink offerings were common on these tables as they symbolized the nourishment provided to the deceased in the afterlife

Ptah-Tatenen in the Greco-Roman period

died December 18th in a hospice in Hampstead

often evoking clouds

particularly in limestone-rich regions

An Apulian Xenonware Miniature Skyphos, ca. 450 - 350 BCE Chains - 18K White Gold Food and drink offerings wereA 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