Description
RARE FEMALE JANIFORM FIGURINE (LID TOP?) On either side, the faces are framed by a sort of veil with a scalloped border. Each side features a choker. The base is surrounded by a band of chevrons and a band of crosshatching. A hole is present at the top. Ochre terracotta with white slip and ochre or black highlights (base missing). Eastern Greek workshops, Naucratis Group (Chalcidian style), Rhodes ? Late 7th century B.C. Height. 5.5 cm. BIBLIOGRAPHY Beazley JD: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Great Britain 9 Oxford IId. 1931, Pl.V, 58. At this date, Beazley listed only two examples, all fragmentary. PROVENANCE. Oger-Dumont sale, Estate of Madame X., Paris, November 6, 2001, expert Daniel Lebeurrier.
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RARE FEMALE JANIFORM FIGURINE (LID TOP?) On either side, the faces are framed by a sort of veil with a scalloped border. Each side features a choker. The base is surrounded by a band of chevrons and a band of crosshatching. A hole is present at the top. Ochre terracotta with white slip and ochre or black highlights (base missing). Eastern Greek workshops, Naucratis Group (Chalcidian style), Rhodes ? Late 7th century B.C. Height. 5.5 cm. BIBLIOGRAPHY Beazley JD: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Great Britain 9 Oxford IId. 1931, Pl.V, 58. At this date, Beazley listed only two examples, all fragmentary. PROVENANCE. Oger-Dumont sale, Estate of Madame X., Paris, November 6, 2001, expert Daniel Lebeurrier.
