Athenian vase in the shape of a woman’s head
€2,300
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Object number
AR3215
| Object: |
Plastic vase in the shape of a woman’s head Oinochoe |
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Red clay with black slip and black painting
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| Date: |
Min 5th century B.C. Athenian |
| Description: |
The top part of the vessel is wheel-made and takes the form of a trefoil oinochoe with high, curving handle and a mouth pinched into a trefoil shape. The mold-made head of the woman functioned as the body and foot of the oinochoe. The back of her head, the handle, neck and mouth of the vessel is covered with a black glaze. The woman’s eyebrows are indicated by black glaze, her eyes are outlined in black.
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| Size: |
Height 184 mm, diameter 73 mm
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| Condition: |
Excellent condition, body and even the fragile handle undamaged. Slip and painting mainly preserved.
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| References: |
Cook-Class Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum 5, 40, Beilage 13.1, Pls. (225,286) 25.1-3, 86.4 Metropolitan Museum of Arts, Accession Number: 01.8.7 |
| Literature: |
J. D. Beazley, Charinos: Attic Vases in the Form of Human Heads in Journal of Hellenic Studies 49, 1929, pp. 38-78.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 from a Paris auction house. Ex October 30th, 1983 auction Pierre Yves Clavel, Marseille, France, Lot Nr. 83.
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| Authenticity: |
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