Lot Essay
A purchase receipt from the Arcade Gallery Ltd., Old Bond Street, London, dated 1963 accompanies this lot.
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5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BEAK-SPOUTED OINOCHOE
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
With ram-headed handle, beaded decoration along its length, the rectangular lower terminal modelled with a seated bearded naked man, resting his chin on his hand, his elbow on his raised right leg, a palmette above, oinochoe base missing; and a Graeco-Roman trefoil-lipped oinochoe, the top of the handle in the form of a lion mask, the handle base as a paw, repaired, 1st Century A.D.
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) and 7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high respectively (2)
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
With ram-headed handle, beaded decoration along its length, the rectangular lower terminal modelled with a seated bearded naked man, resting his chin on his hand, his elbow on his raised right leg, a palmette above, oinochoe base missing; and a Graeco-Roman trefoil-lipped oinochoe, the top of the handle in the form of a lion mask, the handle base as a paw, repaired, 1st Century A.D.
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) and 7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) high respectively (2)