Lot 91
91
AN ATTIC BLACK-GLAZED FIGURAL ASKOS
THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN ATTIC BLACK-GLAZED FIGURAL ASKOS

CLASS OF THE SEVEN LOBSTER CLAWS, CIRCA 450-400 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-GLAZED FIGURAL ASKOS
CLASS OF THE SEVEN LOBSTER CLAWS, CIRCA 450-400 B.C.
In the form of a lobster's right claw, naturalistically-modelled, with small raised nodules along the entire surface and four larger spiky projections along the foreclaw, the cutting edges and a circular area on the underside reserved, with an arching strap handle joining to the vessel neck below the flaring rim, a reserved band on the neck with dotted ovolo
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long
Provenance
New York Art Market.
with Charles Ede, London, 2000.

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Lot Essay

The Class of the Seven Lobster-Claws was first listed by Beazley as part of the Penthesilea Workshop (see Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, p. 970-971). The subject is also discussed by Hoffmann in Sexual and Asexual Pursuit, A Structuralist Approach to Greek Vase Painting, p. 14. The seven are all left-handed claws and decorated in red figure; for an eighth see Christie's, New York, 12 December 2002, lot 129. The present example is the only known right-handed claw.

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