Greek Canosan Polychrome Pseudo-Vessel

4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

15" (1.5 kg, 38.5 cm).

A South Italian ceramic pseudo-vessel, hollow, the body fashioned as the finely modelled head of a woman, wearing circular earrings with traces of red paint remaining, and a foliate diadem; her hair visible at the hairline, with black paint remaining; a hairnet painted onto the head behind the diadem; flanked by leaves with blue and pink paint remaining; the long strap handle with a figurine of a draped female wearing ornate hair ornaments, traces of pink paint remaining.

Provenance

From the estate of a late North Country collector, acquired over a 30 year period from the early 1970s.

CONDITION

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LOT 204

Greek Canosan Polychrome Pseudo-Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,573

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