Classical World, Italy, near Etruria, Caere (also Caisra, Cisra, modern-day Cerveteri), Etruscan Caeretan, ca. late 4th century BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe of an elegant form with a circular base, a tall body with gradually expanding walls and a rounded shoulder, a narrow cylindrical neck with a semicircular pouring 'beaked' spout flanked with a pair of conical protrusions, and a slender handle arching between spout base and shoulder. The front of the body features the left-facing head of a satyr in the red-figure technique with a bushy beard, upturned eyes, and a shaggy coiffure surmounted with a laurel wreath in fugitive white pigment. Additional fugitive white pigment forms laurel leaves that flank the head, with black stippling encircling the shoulder, a stylized palmette beneath the lower handle terminal, and another palmette enclosed with crosshatch motifs in front of the spout. Size: 3.375" W x 7.2" H (8.6 cm x 18.3 cm).
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private J.M.E. collection, New York, USA, acquired in July, 1990 from C. Ede, London, UK
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#149903
Condition
Repair to upper portion of pouring spout, with resurfacing and light adhesive residue along break lines. Minor nicks to handle, body, and base, with fading to original glaze and fugitive pigmentation, and minor encrustations. Great traces of original pigment throughout.