AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED KALPIS

CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED KALPIS
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Black-glazed except for a trapezoidal panel on shoulder, with octopus with four curling tentacles on each side of its body
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 May 1981, lot 273.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 February 1985, lot 64.

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Please note that the provenance should read: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 8 February 1985, lot 64.

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Lot Essay

For a similar kalpis with an octopus in a panel, see Antikenmuseum Berlin: Die ausgestellten Werke, Berlin, 1988, p. 95. vit. 6,4, no. 9. For another example with an octopus and a fish, cf. Antiken aus Rheinsichem Privatbesitz, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973, pp. 41-42, no. 48, tafel 22.

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