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A Sicilian Pottery Askos, attributed to the Randazzo Group, circa 450-410 B.C.
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- A Sicilian Pottery Askos, attributed to the Randazzo Group
- Length 4 3/8 in. 11.1 cm.
in the form of a crouching mouse with head resting on its forelegs, the spout above the rump, the mouth flanked by two suspension lugs on the back, the two octopi and other details painted in black.
Provenance
Galerie Arete, Zurich
Leo Mildenberg, Zurich (Christie's, London, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, October 26th, 2004, no. 66, illus.)
Literature
Arielle Kozloff, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, catalogue of the exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1981, no. 125, illus.
Gisela Zahlhaas, Aus Noahs Arche. Tierbilder deer Sammlung Mildenberg aus fünf Jahrtausenden, catalogue of the exhibition at the Prähistorische Staatsammlung München, Museum für Vor-und Frühgeschichte, October 11th, 1996 to January 12th, 1997, and at the Reiss-Museum, Mannheim, April 13th, 1997 to June 22nd 1997, Mainz, 1996, p. 82, no. 65, illus.
Gisela Zahlhaas, Aus Noahs Arche. Tierbilder deer Sammlung Mildenberg aus fünf Jahrtausenden, catalogue of the exhibition at the Prähistorische Staatsammlung München, Museum für Vor-und Frühgeschichte, October 11th, 1996 to January 12th, 1997, and at the Reiss-Museum, Mannheim, April 13th, 1997 to June 22nd 1997, Mainz, 1996, p. 82, no. 65, illus.
Catalogue Note
Cf. M. Padgett et al., Vase Painting in Italy, Boston, 1993, p. 187, no. 106, for a related mouse askos by the Randazzo Group in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Also see Collections privées de Suisse Romande, no. 147.