Lot Essay
For a similar example see pp. 30-31 in Padgett, The Painted Past, 28 Attic Vases, 6th and 5th Centuries B.C., from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
AN ATTIC FIGURAL OINOCHOE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE COOK CLASS, CIRCA 500-475 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC FIGURAL OINOCHOE
Attributed to the Cook Class, Circa 500-475 B.C.
In the form of a woman's head with an oval face, a straight nose and rounded chin, her almond-shaped eyes and long curving brows in black, her hair black except for the curls on her forehead, consisting of four rows of applied clay pellets, a white wreath of laurel encircling the head, the black band at the bottom of the flaring neck suggesting the collar of a chiton or peplos, with a high black handle and a trefoil mouth
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm) high
Attributed to the Cook Class, Circa 500-475 B.C.
In the form of a woman's head with an oval face, a straight nose and rounded chin, her almond-shaped eyes and long curving brows in black, her hair black except for the curls on her forehead, consisting of four rows of applied clay pellets, a white wreath of laurel encircling the head, the black band at the bottom of the flaring neck suggesting the collar of a chiton or peplos, with a high black handle and a trefoil mouth
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm) high
Provenance
Fine Antiquities Auction, Superior Galleries, 12 March 1994, lot 392