A CANOSAN POTTERY FIGURAL VASE
A CANOSAN POTTERY FIGURAL VASE

APULIA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A CANOSAN POTTERY FIGURAL VASE
APULIA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a female head, the oval face with a dimpled chin, full lips, a thin nose and lidded eyes with the lashes and pupils in black, her center-parted hair topped with a radiate diadem, her sakkos with crosshatched netting, surmounted by a standing female figure, clad in a tightly-wrapped himation over a long chiton, a diadem in her hair, an open blossom with large outsplayed leaves atop her head, the back of her neck joined to the high-arching ribbed handle, extensive pigment preserved throughout
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Japan, 1980.

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