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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK POTTERY SKYPHOS
hellenistic period, circa 2nd-1st century b.c.
The two handled vessel on a splayed foot, with a flaring rim and twin handles with circular bosses, with four applied molded lovemaking vignettes, one side with a scene of a couple in a bedchamber, similar to the composition of lot 36, the woman on her side, her torso exposed, her right arm around her lover's neck as they embrace in a kiss, their legs intertwined, her now-missing right leg lifted, to the right another bedchamber scene, the woman reclining right, raising her bent left leg, the man holding her leg in place and pressing into her, his right leg extending outward along the bed; the other side with a bedchamber scene on the left, the man reclining to the right, the woman seated atop with her back to him, his right hand resting on the arch of her back, and to the right a bedchamber scene, the woman below, turning her lower body to expose her buttocks, the male above, leaning forward to kiss his lover
3.1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high
hellenistic period, circa 2nd-1st century b.c.
The two handled vessel on a splayed foot, with a flaring rim and twin handles with circular bosses, with four applied molded lovemaking vignettes, one side with a scene of a couple in a bedchamber, similar to the composition of lot 36, the woman on her side, her torso exposed, her right arm around her lover's neck as they embrace in a kiss, their legs intertwined, her now-missing right leg lifted, to the right another bedchamber scene, the woman reclining right, raising her bent left leg, the man holding her leg in place and pressing into her, his right leg extending outward along the bed; the other side with a bedchamber scene on the left, the man reclining to the right, the woman seated atop with her back to him, his right hand resting on the arch of her back, and to the right a bedchamber scene, the woman below, turning her lower body to expose her buttocks, the male above, leaning forward to kiss his lover
3.1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high
Provenance
George Zachos