South Italian pottery is a classification for works produced throughout Magna Graecia. The five main centers of production for South Italian wares were, Apulia, Lucania, Paestum, Campania, and Sicily. Each colony developed upon earlier red-figure styles of painting and forms, with some taking the embellishments to new levels.
This kylix by the Painter of Naples 1778 displays many stylistic traits of Paestan wares. The expressive lean of the female figure, the added adornments in white and yellow, and the exuberant use of tendrils and foliate designs throughout.