Property from an Illinois Private Collection
A Corinthian Pottery Alabastron, circa 625-600 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 5, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
with indented base, the body painted with running bearded male figure, probably a Boread, his broad wings outspread, with rosettes in the field, two encircling bands above and below the scene, a large rosette on the underside, tongues on the neck and mouth, the details in added red.
Height 17.5 cm.
European private collection, formed 1973-1982
Christie’s, London, April 28th, 2004, no. 236
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
For similarly decorated examples, see an alabastron from Tanagra and attributed to the Cocomb Group and acquired by the Musée du Louvre in 1847 (L 27 MNB 500), and an aryballos in the Princeton University Art Museum (2002-154).
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