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THBCanosan Polychrome Trefoil Oinochoe Portrait Head
Lot 25
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jun 4, 2020
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2020-06-04 10:00:00
2020-06-04 10:00:00
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Magna Graecia, South Italy, Canosan, ca. 4th century BCE. An elegant Canosan vessel featuring a portrait bust of a female with a graceful oinochoe form rising above her forehead. The female, perhaps a goddess or maenad, presents with naturalistic facial features - almond-shaped eyes, an arched browline, an aquiline nose, pursed full lips, delicately contoured cheeks, chin, and jawline; and an upswept coiffure with carefully modeled tresses, pulled away from her face to reveal her ears and draw attention to her graceful neckline. Above a hairband rises the oinochoe with a voluminous body, a slender cylindrical neck, a trefoil spout, and a high strap handle joining rim to shoulder. Imbuing the vessel with even more beauty is the pigmentation - ample rose red adorning the female's visage and seafoam green adorning the oinochoe. A beautiful example that displays allegiance to classic Greek ratios, impressive modeling, and attractive coloration epitomizing the Canosan style. Size: 6.9" H (17.5 cm)
Canosa, or Canosion as it was known during ancient times, was a major center of the ceramics and pottery trade when it was a Greek polis. It produced truly unique pottery, completely different in decoration style (although not in shape) from earlier and neighboring traditions. The clay is buff, with the decoration applied directly to it without the use of slip. In this example, ample rose red and seafoam green hues enhance the beautiful form.
Provenance: private New York, USA collection, acquired in the late 1970s to early 1980s
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#155918Expected surface wear commensurate with age with some loss to pigmentation; however, ample rose red and seafoam green pigmentation remains.Condition
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