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CIRCA 580-570 B.C.
Details
A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
CIRCA 580-570 B.C.
One side with a bird flanked by a pair of confronting griffin-birds with sickle-shaped wings and fanning tail feathers; the other side with an owl flanked by similar monsters, the owl facing right, its head turned frontal; with a bird below each handle, another on each handle-plate, angled zigzags on the rim, details in added red
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 580-570 B.C.
One side with a bird flanked by a pair of confronting griffin-birds with sickle-shaped wings and fanning tail feathers; the other side with an owl flanked by similar monsters, the owl facing right, its head turned frontal; with a bird below each handle, another on each handle-plate, angled zigzags on the rim, details in added red
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Alfred E. Mirsky (1900-1974).
Special notice
No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.