CIRCA 530-520 B.C.

Details

A CHALCIDIAN BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
CIRCA 530-520 B.C.
8 5⁄8 in. (21.9 cm.) high

Provenance

with Rhéa Galerie, Zurich.
Christos G. Bastis (1904-1999), New York, acquired from the above; thence by descent.
The Christos G. Bastis Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 9 December 1999, lot 84.
Private Collection, acquired from the above.
Property from an International Collection; Antiquities, Christie’s, New York, 7 December 2011, lot 90.

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Lot Essay

The obverse of this neck amphora features a lion in profile to the right but with his head turned back, flanked by panthers; the reverse a siren with wings outstretched. For a related example, see inv. no. 71.AE.308 at the Getty.

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