Lot Essay
For a similar example see pl. XX, 1-3 in Ducat, Les Vases Plastiques Rhodiens, Archaïques en Terra Cuite.
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ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 560 B.C.
Details
A RHODIAN POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 560 B.C.
In the form of a leg, well modelled, with tapering thigh and bulging calf, wearing a pointed-toe boot decorated with crosshatching on the tongue and a large palmette at the center, a small rosette on either side, with a facing feline head on the knee, the vessel with a short cylindrical neck and wide disk rim, the base of the shoulder with a thin band of ovolo, rayed petals on the shoulders, a rosette on the mouth, dots and short vertical lines on the rim
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 560 B.C.
In the form of a leg, well modelled, with tapering thigh and bulging calf, wearing a pointed-toe boot decorated with crosshatching on the tongue and a large palmette at the center, a small rosette on either side, with a facing feline head on the knee, the vessel with a short cylindrical neck and wide disk rim, the base of the shoulder with a thin band of ovolo, rayed petals on the shoulders, a rosette on the mouth, dots and short vertical lines on the rim
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the early 1990s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 7 December 2000, lot 407.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 7 December 2000, lot 407.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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