Lot 66
  • 66

An Attic Pottery Oinochoe, Cook Class, circa Early 5th Century B.C.

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • An Attic Pottery Oinochoe, Cook Class
  • Terracotta
  • Height 5 5/16 in. 13.5 cm
with trefoil mouth and high cylindrical handle, the body in the form a woman’s head with finely painted eyes and eyebrows, the hair with applied gesso curls framing the forehead and temples.

Provenance

Mathias Komor, New York, inv. no. M 377 (on label)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, United Jewish Appeal Benefit auction, June 8th, 1965, no. 41
acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Condition

As shown in catalogue photo; note wear to black-glaze, trefoil mouth chipped in places, small chip on edge of foot, otherwise very good, Komor label adheres underneath.
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