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THREE CORINTHIAN POTTERY ALABASTRA
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
One with rays on rim, shoulder and base, with four dancing satyrs with central wine krater on stand, dotted rosettes in field, 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, one with strap handle with scroll motif, a frieze of leaping felines on shoulder and body, with bands of concentric circles and chequer board, rays around foot, 2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, one with rays on rim, shoulder and base, the body with three registers of leaping felines, bands between, 2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, and an Italo-Corinthian piriform aryballos with rays on shoulder, the body with central frieze of leaping felines and hares, dotted rosettes in the field, 3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, thence by descent to the present owner.
Item two: acquired from an auction of H. Cahn, Basel, 22 June 1951, lot 397.
Item three: acquired from an auction of H. Cahn, Basel, 22 June 1951, lot 398.
Exhibited
Item four:
Meisterwerke Griechischer Kunst, Ausstellung, Kunsthalle Basel, 18 June - 25 Septempber 1960.
Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern-Biel-Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, 21 October- 3 December 1967.
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