A Graeco-Egyptian green glazed composition anthropoid perfume flask

CIRCA 630-550 B.C.

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A Graeco-Egyptian green glazed composition anthropoid perfume flask
Circa 630-550 B.C.
In the form of a squatting woman holding a squatting monkey-like child in front of her, the woman with ovoid body cloaked in a leopard skin indicated by a vertical row of yellow spots down her back and a tail curving round her lower right side, with full fleshy nose, protruding lips, prominent ears and cross-hatched wig, the mouth of the vessel in the crown of her head, minor chips at rim, mounted
2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. V. Webb, op. cit., pp. 11ff.; the above vase relates to Webb's Leopard Spot Group whose figures wear spotted animal skins, "More usually, the skin is omitted and only a schematic pattern of dots remains on the back, ...".

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