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A LATE PROTOCORINTHIAN OVOID POTTERY ARYBALLOS, BELONGING TO THE ALARI GROUP (SUBGROUP G)

CIRCA 625 B.C.

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A LATE PROTOCORINTHIAN OVOID POTTERY ARYBALLOS, BELONGING TO THE ALARI GROUP (SUBGROUP G)
CIRCA 625 B.C.
With concentric rings around broad flat rim and body framing a central frieze with three running dogs, dotted rosettes on shoulder, 2 5/8 in. (6.8 cm.) high; a Middle Corinthian aryballos showing two confronting sirens, a large inverted lotus flower, palmette and tendril motif between them, concentric circles above and below and on rim, tongues around shoulder, 600-575 B.C., 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high; and a Late Corinthian aryballos with two confronting prancing horses, rosette and dot infill, concentric bands above and below, circa 570 B.C., 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high (3)

Provenance

Items one and two: acquired from M. Willborg, Stockholm, 1979 and 1983 respectively; formerly in London.
Item three: acquired in London, 1992.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item one: C. W. Neeft, Protocorinthian Subgeometric Aryballoi, (Allard Pierson Series, 7), Amsterdam, 1987, p. 208 Alari Group, subgroup G, vase 1.
Item three: P. E. Blomberg, On Corinthian Iconography: the Bridled Winged Horse and the Helmeted Female Head in the Sixth Century B.C., Boreas, I, Uppsala, 1996, vase II-8 by the Pony Painter.

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