Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 113, p. 144 in Mottahedeh, ed., Out of Noah's Ark, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection.
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THE PROPERTY OF THE MORVEN COLLECTION
AN APULIAN BLACK-GLAZED ASKOS
CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN BLACK-GLAZED ASKOS
CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a boar seated on its haunches, with erect ears and upturned snout, the curving tail rendered in relief, the profiled vessel handle arching over the boar's back, the nozzle at the top of its head, the edges of the front hooves reserved
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a boar seated on its haunches, with erect ears and upturned snout, the curving tail rendered in relief, the profiled vessel handle arching over the boar's back, the nozzle at the top of its head, the edges of the front hooves reserved
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) long
Provenance
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1991.