CIRCA 610 B.C.

Details

A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED OLPE
CIRCA 610 B.C.
11 3⁄8 in. (28.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke (1864-1934), London.
Catalogue of The Collection of Greek Pottery, The Property of The Rt. Hon. Lord Revelstoke, Puttick & Simpson, London, 5 April 1935, lot 6.
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), San Simeon, acquired from the above.
Works of Art, Furniture & Architectural Elements Collected by the Late William Randolph Hearst, Parke-Bernet, New York, 5-6 April 1963, lot 73.
Lawrence A. Fleischman (1925-1997), New York, acquired from the above.
with Donna Jacobs Gallery, Birmigham, MI.
Milford Nemer (d. 2019), Franklin, MI, acquired from the above, 1986.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2012.

Literature

D.A. Amyx, "San Simeon Revisited: Corinthian Vases," California Studies in Classical Antiquity 8, 1975, p. 28, no. X9.

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Lot Essay

D.A. Amyx (op. cit.) observes that this vase is rendered in an “uncanonical style” and assigns it to the Late Transitional period of Corinthian pottery development. This olpe is related stylistically to one in the Villa Giulia (p. 35 in D. Wannagat, Archaisches Lachen: Die Entstehung einer komischen Bilderwelt in der korinthischen Vasenmalerei).

A blue label on the interior reads: “Repaired by A. Ready, March 1878.” This is almost certainly a reference to Augustus P. Ready (1856-1913), a restorer associated with the British Museum and brother of the dealer William Talbot Ready.

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