AN ATTIC POTTERY FIGURAL TREFOIL OINOCHOE
AN ATTIC POTTERY FIGURAL TREFOIL OINOCHOE

CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ATTIC POTTERY FIGURAL TREFOIL OINOCHOE
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a woman's head with an oval face, fleshy lips and dimpled chin, her almond-shaped eyes with modelled lids and brows outlined in black, her black hair curled back from the forehead and ridged, with a reserved band at the part, the hair rolled back along her neck and pulled into a pointed chignon at the back, wearing hoop earrings and a beaded necklace, with a high handle and trefoil mouth, some red pigment preserved along the face
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Drouot-Richelieu, 25-26 September 1998, lot 522.
French Private Collection.

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