Lot n° 9
Estimation :
1500 - 2000
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 1 700EUR
Oenochoe with three-lobed beak and wide flat base. It is dec - Lot 9
Oenochoe with three-lobed beak and wide flat base. It is decorated with two bands of animals passing to the right or opposite. Sphinxes, lions, felines, mouflons, palmipeds and mermaids with outstretched wings can be seen. The field is covered with rosettes and two checkerboard bands frame the scenes. The base is painted with wolf's teeth.
Beige terracotta with bistre and black highlights
Partial wear to decoration and slight limestone deposit
Corinthian workshop, Middle Corinthian,
6th century B.C.
H. 16.3 cm
Provenance: Lot 63 from the sale of June 9, 1979, Mont-Saint-Michel, Restaurant des Terrasses Poulard, Oscar E. Ravel Collection and Succession L.
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