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LOT 0675
Roman Terracotta Vessel with Processions of Musicians
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (90 grams, 82 mm).
With moulded relief decoration depicting scenes of dance and music, probably a Bacchic procession, one side with a woman playing an epigonion or psaltery, flanked by two nude dancing men; the other side with a nude woman holding a palm branch and surrounded by two men playing a double flute and a cithara. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1971.
Ex Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt collection, Basel, Switzerland.
with Christie's, London, UK, sale 21014, no.115 (part).
Accompanied by a copy of the Christie's listing and invoice.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Published
Exhibited: On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, 1971-2022.
Literature
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 1983.571.9, for a cup of similar shape; for the musical instruments see Museum of Ancient, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Musical Instruments, Museum Exhibits, Thessaloniki, 1997, pp.33ff., 48ff., 77ff.
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