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A FRAGMENTARY POTTERY ALABASTRON IN THE FORM OF A HARE, EAST GREEK OR ETRUSCAN, SECOND HALF OF THE 6TH CENTURY B.C. | A Fragmentary Pottery Alabastron in the Form of a Hare, East Greek or Etruscan
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- terracotta
- Length 16 cm.
with hanging forepaws, dangling head, elongated neck, slender body with finely stippled fur, ears painted pinkish red on the inside and with diagonal white lines along the edges, incised eyelids, whiskers, and nostrils, and slightly opened mouth baring the teeth, radiating leaf motif on top of the rim.
Provenance
Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, Auction Sale XVI: Classical Antiquities, June 30th, 1956, no. 65, illus.
Dr. Robert T. Waelder (1953-1965), Pennsylvania, acquired in 1956
Christie's, New York, June 2nd, 1995, no. 9, illus.
Dr. Robert T. Waelder (1953-1965), Pennsylvania, acquired in 1956
Christie's, New York, June 2nd, 1995, no. 9, illus.
Exhibited
on loan to the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1959
Literature
Jean Ducat, Les vases plastiques rhodiens, Paris, 1966, p. 129, no. 7
Catalogue Note
For related examples see F. Buranelli, The Etruscans: Legacy of a Lost Civilization from the Vatican Museums, 1992, no. 85, and http://art.thewalters.org/detail/26503/lekythos-in-the-form-of-a-suspended-dead-hare/.