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THBCorinthian Black-Figure Skyphos Sphinxes and Swans
Lot 14
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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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- Lot Description
Ancient Greece, Corinth, 7th to 6th century BCE. A lovely hand-built pottery wine vessel known as a skyphos - its form presenting with a deep cup, twin horizontal loop handles, and a flanged base. In addition, the skyphos is extensively decorated. One side features two opposing sphinxes facing a fountain between them, while the other side includes another pair of opposing sphinxes with a swan between them. Two more swans adorn the areas beneath the handles. As is customary for the black-figure technique, wonderful incised marks create further details on the figures as well as the fountain, and some of the pigment shows as red due to misfiring - quite a happy accident if you ask me. Furthermore, striations and frets also contribute to the decorative program, and the base is decorated with concentric circles. During this time, Corinthian pottery showed the influence of eastern trade connections with the city. Vessels with stylized plants and animals like this example were inspired by the art and friezes of Egypt and Assyria. Size: 8.75" W x 4.3" H (22.2 cm x 10.9 cm)
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000
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#157416Handles professionally repaired and reattached. Vessel body professionally repaired from approximately 8 to 10 pieces with minor areas of restoration over the break lines. Expected surface wear commensurate with age. Minute nicks and encrusted passages to the base. Black-figure decoration is red in areas due to misfiring, but the result is quite attractive.Condition
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