LATE HELLADIC III A 2, 14TH CENTURY B.C.

細節

A FINE MYCENAEAN TERRACOTTA RITUAL RHYTON
LATE HELLADIC III A 2, 14TH CENTURY B.C.
The tall conical ceremonial vessel with everted rounded rim and loop strap handle, the base pierced, the body painted in orange-brown glaze with encircling bands and lines, a frieze of brush strokes on the upper body and sets of similar marks on the rim, a net pattern on the handle
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

來源

Formerly in the collection of Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974).

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Cf. K. Demakopoulou (ed.), The Mycenaean World, Athens, 1988, p. 124, no. 63 and p. 272, no. 309; Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982, p. 155, no. 162; and J. P. O'Neil (ed.), Greek Art of the Aegean Islands, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979, p. 95, no. 49 and p. 100, no. 53 for similar rhyta which were used for liquid offerings.