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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED BELLY-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE IVY-LEAF GROUP, CIRCA 530 B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED BELLY-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE IVY-LEAF GROUP, CIRCA 530 B.C.
The obverse with a youth in preparation for a hunt, depicted standing beside his horse, both facing left, the youth wearing a short white tunic, holding the reins in his right hand, his left arm extended back, his dog standing to the left with its head turned back; the reverse with the intended game, a stag running to the left and a hare below; details in added white and red, each panel with a lotus bud chain above, rays above the foot
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE IVY-LEAF GROUP, CIRCA 530 B.C.
The obverse with a youth in preparation for a hunt, depicted standing beside his horse, both facing left, the youth wearing a short white tunic, holding the reins in his right hand, his left arm extended back, his dog standing to the left with its head turned back; the reverse with the intended game, a stag running to the left and a hare below; details in added white and red, each panel with a lotus bud chain above, rays above the foot
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high
Provenance
with T. Fujita, 1970s.
Literature
H. Bloesch, Das Tier in der Antike, Zurich, 1974, no. 322.
The Ancient and Modern Art in the Kurashiki Museum, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 60(A).
E. Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Mainz, 1982, no. 115.
The Ancient and Modern Art in the Kurashiki Museum, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 60(A).
E. Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Mainz, 1982, no. 115.
Exhibited
Zurich, Archäologischen Institut der Universität Zürich, Das Tier in der Antike, 21 September - 17 November 1974.