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THBCanosan Pottery Seated Eros & Spool-Shaped Base
Lot 19a
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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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Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosan Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. An elegant votive figure of a winged cherub - perhaps Eros or an Erote - depicted nude with delineated genitals and fluttering wings. The figure is presented in a seated yet dynamic, perhaps alighting pose, with both legs bent at the knees and arms raised and bent at the elbows before his chest. What's more, his visage is delightful, skillfully delineated with delicate features framed by a curly coiffure that falls to and beyond his shoulders. Eros is fitted to a spool-shaped base via a thick metal support. Further contributing to the allure of this piece is the wonderful pigmentation - pink, white and blue -remaining on the piece. Size: 3.5" diameter of base x 5.875" H (8.9 cm x 14.9 cm)
Canosa, or Canosion as it was known then, was a major center of the ceramics and pottery trade when it was a Greek polis. Canosan artists produced truly unique pottery, completely different in decoration style from earlier and neighboring traditions. The clay is buff, with the decoration applied directly to it without the use of slip.
Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, 2015; ex-private Georgia, USA collection, before 2011
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#158285Spool-shaped base: losses to peripheries, expected surface wear with areas of pigment loss, deposits, and encrustations. Eros: Losses to tips of fingers/hands and wings. Both show expected surface wear commensurate with age. Nice remains of pink, white, and blue pigments. Eros may be lifted from base - joined to base with modern metal fitting via hole through buttocks.Condition
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