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CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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TWO CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED ARYBALLOI
CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
One with a pair of geese confronting a rearing hare, its head turned back, a lion walking to the right below the handle, rosettes in the field, tongues on the shoulders and mouth, dots on the rim; and one attributed to the Liebieghaus Group, a quatrefoil of lotuses and buds on the body, a female head in profile to the left on the handle-plate, a star below, hatching on the rim, a rosette on the mouth; both with details in added red
First: 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
One with a pair of geese confronting a rearing hare, its head turned back, a lion walking to the right below the handle, rosettes in the field, tongues on the shoulders and mouth, dots on the rim; and one attributed to the Liebieghaus Group, a quatrefoil of lotuses and buds on the body, a female head in profile to the left on the handle-plate, a star below, hatching on the rim, a rosette on the mouth; both with details in added red
First: 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high (2)
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.