Lot Essay
This is close to the Painter of Palermo 489, if not by the painter himself. For a similar example see pl. 1a-b in Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period, vol. III.
CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURE ALABASTRON
circa late 7th-early 6th century b.c.
With an owl floating between two large lions, each lion seated on its haunches, the fore-legs extended, the tail rising up and arching gracefully above its back, the manes cross hatched, with open mouths and lolling tongues, the owl with its body in profile and its head en face, each with details in added red, with incised rosettes in the field, a rosette on the underside
3.15/16 in. (10 cm) high
circa late 7th-early 6th century b.c.
With an owl floating between two large lions, each lion seated on its haunches, the fore-legs extended, the tail rising up and arching gracefully above its back, the manes cross hatched, with open mouths and lolling tongues, the owl with its body in profile and its head en face, each with details in added red, with incised rosettes in the field, a rosette on the underside
3.15/16 in. (10 cm) high