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LOT 0074
Etrusco-Corinthian Bowl with Painted Ducks
575-550 B.C.
7 1/8 in. (257 grams, 18 cm wide).
Squat skyphos on a low, pared conical base; two small horizontal handles round in section, short flaring everted rim; painted in dark brown with decoration limited to two window-like areas between the handles; on either side of the bowl two large ducks moving to the right with incision and overpaint clarifying the mass of the bodies, wings indicated with two quick horizontal strokes and a row of pendant arcs or scallops with dots of red and white overpaint for a rich, feathered effect; rosettes filling the space around the ducks.
ProvenanceIn the collection of Mr Ulfert Wilke, founding Director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art.
Acquired from Ulfert Wilke on 29 May 1968.
From the collection of Dr Howard Sirak, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Ex I.M. Chait Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 14 December 2020, lot 212.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.34.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
De Puma, Etruscan and Villanovan Pottery: A Catalogue of Italian Ceramics from Midwestern Collections, no. 45.
FootnotesThe catalogue cites this piece as no. 3.10 from the Wilke Collection and the original sticker is on the base. The catalogue was for the exhibition at the University of Iowa Museum of Art from 17 March to 30 April 1971.
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