CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ATTIC POTTERY FIGURAL KANTHAROS
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Molded in the form of janiform female heads, each with an oval face, a prominent nose and a closed smiling mouth, her almond-shaped eyes with large black-painted pupils and thin arching brows, the hair center parted, one side with wavy locks, one side with tight curls formed of impressed circles; surmounted by a black-glazed wide flaring neck and twin loop handles; a black band above the foot, traces of red wash preserved in the hair and along the face
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high

来源

Private Collection, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 July 1984, lot 209.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1985 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. IV, no. 203).
with Charles Ede, London, 1988.

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Head-shaped vases were introduced into the Athenian pottery repertoire circa 500 B.C. and were primarily in the form of cups and oinochoai. For two similar examples, both in the Museo Campano in Capua, see Beazley Archive Database nos. 14124 and 14036.