AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PELIKE
CIRCA 480-460 B.C.
5 ½ in. (13.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1992, lot 63.
Lot Essay
On the underside of the foot there is an unusual dipinto, an outlined profile human head, which was first delineated by a preliminary sketch line incised into the clay prior to firing.