Lot Essay
For a similar example from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb in Cerveteri, see no. 85 in Buranelli, The Etruscans, Legacy of a Lost Civilization.
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AN EAST GREEK "PLASTIC" VASE
Circa Late 7th Cenutry B.C.
In the form of a dead hare, its head and ears thrown back, the fore-paws extended forward, the ears with white-dotted brown rims and red interiors, the red and brown disc eyes with incised and brown painted borders, the mouth open revealing the incisors, the whiskers incised, the fur rendered by careful brown stippling, the vessel's disc-mouth with an incised rosette, fragmentary, 8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) long
Circa Late 7th Cenutry B.C.
In the form of a dead hare, its head and ears thrown back, the fore-paws extended forward, the ears with white-dotted brown rims and red interiors, the red and brown disc eyes with incised and brown painted borders, the mouth open revealing the incisors, the whiskers incised, the fur rendered by careful brown stippling, the vessel's disc-mouth with an incised rosette, fragmentary, 8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) long
Provenance
Münzen und Medaillen, Basel
Exhibited
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, loan 1959.