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CIRCA 625-600 B.C.
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A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA
CIRCA 625-600 B.C.
Decorated in two registers, the lower centered on one side with a complex of lotus buds and palmettes flanked by a pair of panthers, their heads turned frontal, the tail of the panther to the right overlapping with the tail of a long-horned goat on the other side, its head lowered, a frontal-facing panther and a swan to the right, one side of the upper register with a lion fiercely revealing its teeth above a bull, the lion's tail intertwined with the left most of two frontal-facing panthers on the other side, a palmette between, rosettes of varying size richly adorning the field in both registers, rays above the foot
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
CIRCA 625-600 B.C.
Decorated in two registers, the lower centered on one side with a complex of lotus buds and palmettes flanked by a pair of panthers, their heads turned frontal, the tail of the panther to the right overlapping with the tail of a long-horned goat on the other side, its head lowered, a frontal-facing panther and a swan to the right, one side of the upper register with a lion fiercely revealing its teeth above a bull, the lion's tail intertwined with the left most of two frontal-facing panthers on the other side, a palmette between, rosettes of varying size richly adorning the field in both registers, rays above the foot
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Swiss Private Collection, Basel, acquired in the 1970s.