Lot 286
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A CORINTHIAN KOMOS ARYBALLOS CIRCA 600 B.C. The squat body decorated with a frieze of a gesticulating komos dancer facing two similar dancers wearing 'padded' costume, stylized rosettes filling the field, a tongued rosette o
A CORINTHIAN KOMOS ARYBALLOS CIRCA 600 B.C. The squat body decorated with a frieze of a gesticulating komos dancer facing two similar dancers wearing 'padded' costume, stylized rosettes filling the field, a tongued rosette o

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A CORINTHIAN KOMOS ARYBALLOS
CIRCA 600 B.C.
The squat body decorated with a frieze of a gesticulating komos dancer facing two similar dancers wearing 'padded' costume, stylized rosettes filling the field, a tongued rosette on the base, tongued frieze on the shoulder and rim, details incised and in added purple, chip to lower body
2.3/8 in. (6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. A. Seeberg, Corinthian Komos Vases, Bulletin Supplement 27, Institute of Classical Studies, London, 1971, for a full discussion of the type; and J. Chamay and J-L. Maier, Céramiques Corinthiennes, Geneva, 1984, pp. 66-67 for similar.

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