CIRCA 575-550 B.C.

Details

AN IONIAN POTTERY ARYBALLOS IN THE FORM OF A DUCK
CIRCA 575-550 B.C.
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) long

Provenance

Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) collection, Zurich, acquired prior to 1981.
A Peaceable Kingdom, The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, Christie's, London, 26-27 October 2004, lot 22.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 99.
A. P. Kozloff, Perry Grin's Travels, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981 (a children's story book).

This duck was known affectionately by Leo Mildenberg as "Beatrice".

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