Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 180, p. 267 in Padgett, et al., Vase-Painting in Italy, Red-Figure and Related Works in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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ANCIENT VASES FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM SUDDABY
AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED ASKOS
CIRCA 330 B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED ASKOS
CIRCA 330 B.C.
In the form of a duck, with a knob-shaped head, the beak forming the spout, the cylindrical vessel mouth above the tail, the flanged handle extending from the tail to the neck, the wings and breast decorated with palmettes, bands of wave below the handle
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 330 B.C.
In the form of a duck, with a knob-shaped head, the beak forming the spout, the cylindrical vessel mouth above the tail, the flanged handle extending from the tail to the neck, the wings and breast decorated with palmettes, bands of wave below the handle
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
Provenance
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
Literature
A.J. Paul, Exhibition catalogue, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, Tampa, 2001, no. 43, illus.
Exhibited
Tampa Museum of Art, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, 14 October 2001-13 January 2002.