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ANCIENT VASES FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM SUDDABY
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED ASKOS
GROUP OF THE CAMBRIDGE ASKOS CIRCA 380 B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED ASKOS
GROUP OF THE CAMBRIDGE ASKOS
CIRCA 380 B.C.
Of broad lentoid form, one side of the domed top with the profile head of a youth wearing a spotted Oriental cap, an owl before him; the other side with a profile female head, her hair bound in a dotted sakkos, a swan before her; with a high-arching carinated handle, the spout with a wide flaring mouth
4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm.) high
GROUP OF THE CAMBRIDGE ASKOS
CIRCA 380 B.C.
Of broad lentoid form, one side of the domed top with the profile head of a youth wearing a spotted Oriental cap, an owl before him; the other side with a profile female head, her hair bound in a dotted sakkos, a swan before her; with a high-arching carinated handle, the spout with a wide flaring mouth
4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm.) high
Provenance
with Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993.