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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED FIGURAL MUG
CIRCA 430-420 B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED FIGURAL MUG
Circa 430-420 B.C.
In the form of the head of Io, the human female head with bovine ears emerging from beneath her wavy locks, which are parted at the center and tied in a top knot, with short curving horns protruding forth from the top of her head; the vessel neck with and encounter between Hermes and a woman, perhaps Io, the god walking left but looking back, his caduceus in his right hand, wearing a mantle tied at his neck and high boots, the woman seated to the right, wearing a sleeveless chiton and a thick bracelet on each arm, holding a piece of her drapery in her raised right hand; a band of ovolo serving as the groundline, a large palmette on either side of the handle
7 7/8 in. (20 cm) high
Circa 430-420 B.C.
In the form of the head of Io, the human female head with bovine ears emerging from beneath her wavy locks, which are parted at the center and tied in a top knot, with short curving horns protruding forth from the top of her head; the vessel neck with and encounter between Hermes and a woman, perhaps Io, the god walking left but looking back, his caduceus in his right hand, wearing a mantle tied at his neck and high boots, the woman seated to the right, wearing a sleeveless chiton and a thick bracelet on each arm, holding a piece of her drapery in her raised right hand; a band of ovolo serving as the groundline, a large palmette on either side of the handle
7 7/8 in. (20 cm) high
Provenance
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Japan, 1986