Corinthian skyphos with harpies or syrens
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Object number
AR2248
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Skyphos (Beaker with two horizontal handles)
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| Material: |
Yellowish clay with black slip
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| Date: |
Last quarter 7th to first quarter 6th century BC Middle to Late Corinthian |
| Description: |
Slender vase with a fairly narrow foot, walls flaring and in upper part inclined inwards and two horizontal handles just below the mouth. Interior glazed. On the body frieze with four harpies or syrens. The bodies are unproportionally elongated, while the legs remain short. Rays on the lower body.
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| Size: |
Diameter 151 mm with and 104 mm without handles, height 69 mm.
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| Condition: |
Excellent condition, painting perfectly preserved. At foot stickers "17", "£485,-", "6087 Corinth c. 575 BC".
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Taranto. Museo Nazionale 2, III.C.3, Pl.. 2.7 and 2.8 E. Papuci-Wladyka, Corinthian and Italo-Corinthian pottery from the Polish collections (Krakau 1989) Pl. XIV Nr. 36 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2017 from the German private collection M. Voos, inherited in this from the German private collection H. Herbst. Acquired for the Herbst collection in 1978 at Charles Ede Gallery, London. Copies of the invoice and certificate of authenticity from Charles Ede are at hand.
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| Certificate: |
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| Authenticity: |
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