AN ATTIC POTTERY AMPHORISKOS
AN ATTIC POTTERY AMPHORISKOS

CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ATTIC POTTERY AMPHORISKOS
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Moulded in the form of an almond, the surface stippled to indicate the texture of the nut, the two arching handles, cylindrical neck and flaring mouth black-glazed
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, South Germany, acquired prior to 1990.
with Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg.
Prof. H.-H. Heissmeyer collection, Schwäbisch Hall, acquired from the above in 1996 (inv. no. 11).
Beazley Archive no. 9024868.
Literature
Vasen, 2008, no. 28 and Vases, 2015, p. 87, no. 29.

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Lot Essay

For a similar vessel cf. J. J. Hermann, Jr., In the Shadow of the Acropolis, Popular and Private Art in Fourth Century Athens, Brockton Art Museum, 1984, no. 58. These miniature vases would have likely contained almond oil.

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