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LOT 0529

Greek Terracotta Attic Black Figure Vessel Fragment Group

6TH CENTURY B.C.

2 7/8 - 5 1/8 in. (106 grams total, 7.4-13 cm).

Comprising: carinated rim fragment from a bowl with reserved siren, panther, rosette and other ornament; bowl base with reserved advancing nude male or satyr on a red field, sgraffito detailing; skyphos rim fragment with part of the handle, reserved egg-and-dart band. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

From an early 20th century collection.
By descent the property of a UK lady.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

Accompanied by a previous handwritten note including provenance.

Literature

Cf. Snyder Schaeffer, J., Ramage, H.N., Greenewalt, C.H. Jr., The Corinthian, Attic and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis, London, 1997, fragments ATT 36 and ATT 73, for similar.

Footnotes

The body of the panther resembles the style of the school of Sophilos, an Attic painter active circa 580-560 B.C. The naked image (a dancing satyr?) recalls the Attic black figure depictions of ithyphallic satyrs, with torso, arms, legs and incision for internal details in white paint, made around 500 B.C.

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LOT 0529

Greek Terracotta Attic Black Figure Vessel Fragment Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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