CIRCA 600-575 B.C.

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A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED PLATE
CIRCA 600-575 B.C.
The tondo with a lion protome in profile to the right, the mouth open revealing fangs, the tongue lolling, the mane with radiating locks and incised crosshatching, the forelegs bent up toward the head, with rosettes of varying size in the field, encircled by three bands, a checker pattern around the rim, perforated twice for suspension along the rim; the exterior with concentric bands
9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) diameter

Provenance

with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1995.

Lot Essay

This plate likely belongs to the Chimaera Group, a class of painters in the Middle Corinthian period who specialized in decorating the tondi of plates. See pls. 64-65 and pp. 165-171 in Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period.

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