Lot Essay
This rhyton falls into Hoffmann's Laconian hound series B. For a closely related example see no. 282, pl. 30, 1-2 in Hoffmann, Tarentine Rhyta.
CIRCA 340 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED RHYTON
CIRCA 340 B.C.
Molded in the form of the head of a Laconian hound with a long tapering muzzle, three horizontal nose folds and incised whiskers, the hand-modelled ears upright, the eyes painted with white sclerae, orange irises and black pupils; the bowl with a crouching Eros facing left, his wings behind him, a fan in his outstretched right hand, an alabastron in his lowered left; a band of dotted ovolo below, short vertical lines below the rim, palmettes on either side of the handle, details in added white and yellow
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) long
CIRCA 340 B.C.
Molded in the form of the head of a Laconian hound with a long tapering muzzle, three horizontal nose folds and incised whiskers, the hand-modelled ears upright, the eyes painted with white sclerae, orange irises and black pupils; the bowl with a crouching Eros facing left, his wings behind him, a fan in his outstretched right hand, an alabastron in his lowered left; a band of dotted ovolo below, short vertical lines below the rim, palmettes on either side of the handle, details in added white and yellow
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) long
Provenance
German Art Market, 1989.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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