Magnum Opus | Act II: Figure & Form

Magnum Opus | Act II: Figure & Form

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An Apulian Red-Figured Rhyton, circa 330-310 B.C.

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Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

An Apulian Red-Figured Rhyton, circa 330-310 B.C.


in the form of the head of a deer, the inserted antlers missing, the neck decorated with a figure of Eros striding to right, looking back, and holding a patera in his left hand and a fan(?) in his right hand, a large flower before him, voluted tendrils flanking the handle, egg-and-dot below the rim, the details in added white.


terracotta

length 9½ in.

24.1 cm

Japanese art market, acquired in Switzerland in 1976 (Sotheby's, New York, December 5th, 2007, lot 63, illus.);

Where acquired by the present collector.

For a related example see Sotheby's, New York, December 9th, 2004, lot 219, illus.

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