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LOT 0061

Corinthian Terracotta Amphora Attributed to the Phineus Painter

525 B.C.

11 in. (1.06 kg, 28 cm).

Piriform body with splayed foot and narrow handles; the neck with slender lotus blossoms and palmettes, Side A) two opposing roosters with a lotus blossom in between, two standing swans flanking, below a youth on horseback holding the reins of a trotting horse, a man and a woman behind the horse; Side B) a grazing deer before an advancing panther looking back, two opposing sphinxes below with their heads turned back and front paws raised.

Provenance

Ex Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 13 April 1985.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12643-236366.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.49.113, for a neck-amphora attributed to the Phineus Painter and showing a youth on horseback.

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LOT 0061

Corinthian Terracotta Amphora Attributed to the Phineus Painter

Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)

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