Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 61; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 27.
Animals, 1996, III, no. 61; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 27.
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CIRCA 560-550 B.C.
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AN EAST GREEK 'CARIAN WILD GOAT STYLE' TREFOIL-LIPPED POTTERY OINOCHOE
CIRCA 560-550 B.C.
With stylized animal and bird painted decoration within three friezes, comprising a frieze of four birds around the neck, the shoulder with a central pair of facing prancing ibex, flanked by another pair in individual metopes, below a frieze of eight birds around the body, each with their heads turned back, each register with geometric, rosette and linear filling motifs, divided by rows of chevrons, incomplete meander and short strokes, the lip with reserved lozenge-shaped 'eyes', details in added red, foot chipped
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
CIRCA 560-550 B.C.
With stylized animal and bird painted decoration within three friezes, comprising a frieze of four birds around the neck, the shoulder with a central pair of facing prancing ibex, flanked by another pair in individual metopes, below a frieze of eight birds around the body, each with their heads turned back, each register with geometric, rosette and linear filling motifs, divided by rows of chevrons, incomplete meander and short strokes, the lip with reserved lozenge-shaped 'eyes', details in added red, foot chipped
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
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