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CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A SICILIAN POTTERY FIGURAL ASKOS
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a siren, the wheel-thrown body on three applied tapering legs, her tail fanning behind, the mold-made head with red-painted details, including her scalloped hair, eyes, brows and necklace, the wings and tail also painted red, a bird and a quadruped on her chest, the mouth of the vessel centered on her back, with red lines around the base, supported by a strap handle on one side, a tapering spout above the tail
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a siren, the wheel-thrown body on three applied tapering legs, her tail fanning behind, the mold-made head with red-painted details, including her scalloped hair, eyes, brows and necklace, the wings and tail also painted red, a bird and a quadruped on her chest, the mouth of the vessel centered on her back, with red lines around the base, supported by a strap handle on one side, a tapering spout above the tail
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1970, lot 24.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1971, lot 101.
Private Collection, Geneva.
Ancient Greek Vases Formerly in the Private Collection of Dr. Elie Borowski; Christie's, New York, 12 June 2000, lot 122.
with Jean-David Cahn, Basel, 2002 (Götter, Menschen, Wesen, Katalog 14, no. 54).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1971, lot 101.
Private Collection, Geneva.
Ancient Greek Vases Formerly in the Private Collection of Dr. Elie Borowski; Christie's, New York, 12 June 2000, lot 122.
with Jean-David Cahn, Basel, 2002 (Götter, Menschen, Wesen, Katalog 14, no. 54).
Literature
B.H.M. Heldring, Sicilian Plastic Vases, Utrecht, 1981, p. 86, no. 22, fig. 8,11.
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