Ancient Greek Terracotta Amphoriscos - 132 mm (No Reserve Price)
No. 89422703
Ancient Greek Terracotta Red-Figure Oinochoe
No. 89422703
Ancient Greek Terracotta Red-Figure Oinochoe
Trefoil lip, frontally decorated with a standing man in the nude, holding a staff on one hand and a himation on the other, dots, heart and foliage fillers, framed inside a thick line red-ware square.
Literature: perhaps related to the vases listed in A. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, Oxford, 1978, chapters 20-21, 'The minor vases of the workshop of the Darius and Underworld Painters'; compare ibid. vol. 2, pl. 237:8.
Size: 15 cm H - 5 15/16 inches
Material: Terracotta
Culture: South Italy, c. 4th Century B.C.
Condition: Intact
Provenance: Dr Alfred Scharf (1900-1965) collection and thence by descent to the present owner. Ex. Bonham’s auction.
Dr Alfred Scharf was an art historian, collector & art dealer who emigrated from Berlin to London in 1933, where he remained for the rest of his life.
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