Details
A SOUTH ITALIAN POTTERY FIGURAL VESSEL
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Moulded in the form of a seated grotesque figure, leaning on a wineskin, his right arm reaching across to the vessel, the mouth of the amphora forming the mouth of the vessel, a ring handle behind, the grotesque with rounded pot belly, snub nose, large protruding ears and bald head, with details of stubbly beard, hairy arms, legs and pubic region, belly button, right nipple and boots in added yellow and white
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
A. F. collection, Brussels, acquired 1990.
with Galerie Harmakhis, Brussels, 2008.
with Charles Ede Ltd, London.
Prof. H.-H. Heissmeyer collection, Schwäbisch Hall, acquired from the above in 2009 (inv. no. 43).
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