Lot Essay
Dr Hans B. Jessen was a German archaeologist working with the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Berlin. For similar cf. J. Boardman, Early Greek Vase Painting, London, 1998, p. 179, nos 369 and 370.
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CIRCA 630-620 B.C.
Details
A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED ALABASTRON
CIRCA 630-620 B.C.
With the standing figure of the winged Artemis Potnia Theron, Mistress of Animals, wearing an elaborately decorated tunic, grasping the neck of a swan in each hand, reverse with swan standing below a lotus bud, rosettes in the field, details in added purple and incised
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 630-620 B.C.
With the standing figure of the winged Artemis Potnia Theron, Mistress of Animals, wearing an elaborately decorated tunic, grasping the neck of a swan in each hand, reverse with swan standing below a lotus bud, rosettes in the field, details in added purple and incised
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr Hans B. Jessen (1909-2007) collection, Germany, acquired 1960s-1970s.
Brought to you by
Georgiana Aitken
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