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Corinthian Black-Figured Alabastron

$55,000
£41,523.20
€47,635.41
CA$76,777.06
A$83,602.91
CHF 44,230.36
MX$1,008,219.38
NOK 562,761.54
SEK 514,482.44
DKK 355,760.96

About the Item

This exceptional and elegantly composed tear shaped Corinthian Alabastron is a standout for the type. The complex decorative scheme is centered around a standing figure of the winged Artemis Potnia Theron, Mistress of Animals, and is masterfully conceived by balancing the powerful goddess with swans on either side featuring outstretched wings. The goddess wears an elaborately decorated tunic, grasping the neck of a swan in each hand while on the reverse a single swan stands below a large hanging lotus bud. A series of delicately rendered rosettes litter the field, with parallel lines and tongues at the neck, dots at the rim and a radiating lobed sunburst at the mouth. Minute details can be found in added purple on the back under the strap handle. Notes Throughout the ancient Mediterranean Potnia Theron, Mistress of Animals, appears as a powerful female figure standing between two animals, grasping them in her hands either by their necks or legs. The animals most commonly depicted with her were lions, deer, and swan. During the archaic period she became associated with the goddess Artemis for her affiliation with wild animals. The depictions of Potnia Theron are concetrated to the early Greek periods of Orientalising and Arhcaic periods. This Corinthian alabastron is a beautiful example of the eastern style's use of horror avacui seen during the Orientalising period, with its highly decorated surface and usually typified by a fine quality and small size. Provenance Dr Hans B. Jessen (1909-2007) collection, Germany, acquired 1960s-1970s. (Dr Hans B. Jessen was a German archaeologist working with the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Berlin.) Artemis Coins and Antiques, Munich Germany , 1998. Antiquities Christie's London, April 1, 2014. Private Collection, Los Angeles California.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Diameter: 3.8 in (9.66 cm)
  • Style:
    Classical Greek (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Terracotta,Fired,Painted
  • Place of Origin:
    Greece
  • Period:
    15th Century and Earlier
  • Date of Manufacture:
    630 BC to 620 BC
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Repaired from several fragments, with minor infill and over-painting along the repair lines. Restored section to back of vessel, under handle, affecting tip of lotus bud, tip of swan s wing, and head and beak of swan under handle. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor chips to edges of rim. Painted decoration with patches of flaking and wear overall, particularly to legs and lower bodies of the the two swans on the front and the rosette on underside of the base.
  • Seller Location:
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: MS.00231stDibs: LU10743248122442

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