Lot 440
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A LARGE MIDDLE CORINTHIAN POTTERY ALABASTRON, BY THE POPULONIA PAINTER
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A LARGE MIDDLE CORINTHIAN POTTERY ALABASTRON, BY THE POPULONIA PAINTER

600-575 B.C.

Details
A LARGE MIDDLE CORINTHIAN POTTERY ALABASTRON, BY THE POPULONIA PAINTER
600-575 B.C.
The body almost completely covered by a large siren wearing polos and with outstretched wings which nearly meet at the back of the vase, a vertical line of rosettes between them under the handle
8¾ in. (22.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Münzen und Medaillen, Basle, June 1983.
Special notice
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

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
W. Hornbostel et al., Kunst der Antike, exhibition catalogue, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1977, no. 211; also, Aus Gräber und Heiligtumern, 1980, p. 38ff., no. 30; and D. A. Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period, Berkeley, 1988, p. 342, no. A-5.

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