CIRCA MID-4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A GREEK BRONZE TREFOIL OINOCHOE
CIRCA MID-4TH CENTURY B.C.
9 1⁄2 in. (24.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Germany, acquired in the 1980s.
with Ward and Co., New York, USA, acquired from the above prior to March 2000.
Private collection, New York.
with Ward and Co., New York, USA, reacquired in 2015.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

The base plate of the handle of this vessel is decorated with the head of Herakles wearing his characteristic lion-skin cap, a subject popular on vase handles of the period. For a similar handle, cf. acc. no. 08.258.4 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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