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Cute Greek Attic Red-Figured Owl Skyphos browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Ancient World:Greek:Pottery: Pre AD 1000: item # 743233
Apolonia Ancient Art 290 Fillmore St. #D Denver, CO. 80206 303-321-7351 gallery Guest Book $1675.00 |
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| This cute Greek Attic red-figured ceramic is a skyphos, and dates circa 400-350 B.C. This piece is approximately 3.25 inches high, by 4 inches in diameter, by 6.75 inches wide that is handle to handle. This intact piece is 100% original, and there is no apparent repair or over painting, although there are some minute stress cracks. This piece is a much better example than what is normally seen, as the colors are very vibrant, and in addition, there is incised line design within the olive sprigs, and the artistic style of the owl is very lively. This piece also has some spotty white calcite deposits and an attractive multi-colored irridescent patina. There is a standing/facing owl seen on each side of the vessel, and each owl is seen centered between two olive sprigs. This piece is classified as "Attic", although there have been several Attic examples found in southern Italy, and these Attic pieces are often classified as "South Italic". What is known, is that many of these pieces were produced in Attic workshops for export, and others were copied in southern Italy for the local markets. The piece offered here is likely Attic, because the glaze is very vibrant, the shape of this thin-walled vessel matches other Attic examples, and there is incised line design work within the olive sprigs. Both of these types generally sell at near the same price levels, as there have been a number of these vessels on the market over the past ten to fifteen years. This piece is also a much finer example than what has been offered on the market. (For a recent comparable see Christie's Antiquities, New York, June 2006, no. 141. $1,200.00-$1,800.00 estimates, and realized $$2,640.010.) The standing owl was the civic badge of Athens, and this piece was made at a period when the Athenian empire was recovering from the disastrous Peloponnesian war. This symbolic vessel, with the owl seen on both sides of the vessel, served as an Athenian standard for her influence and power. Ex: Private Swiss collection. (Additional documentation is available to the purchaser.) I certify that this piece is authentic as to date, culture, and condition: | |||||||||
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