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109 - Pseudo-vessel with Eros. Canosa, 3rd century B.C. H 39.5 cm, W approx. 13.5 cm. Height of Eros: 16 cm. Made of reddish clay with remnants of white engobe and painted in ochre, green, and pink. Bulbous body with a flat, profiled base. A manufacturing-related hole on the underside of the base. In place of the neck and spout are a figure of Eros and a tall, loop-shaped, fluted loop handle. Eros stands on a small, rectangular base and has a cloak draped around his left arm and across his back to the right side. On the body of the vessel, a lattice pattern in ochre is visible, with a two-tone leaf wreath below it. Remnants of sinter; the loop handle has been reassembled at the top, and one wing has been reattached. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of E.S.A., Paris; acquired in the 1980s from Galerie Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres.
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Pseudo-vessel with Eros. Canosa, 3rd century B.C. H 39.5 cm, W approx. 13.5 cm. Height of Eros: 16 cm. Made of reddish clay with remnants of white engobe and painted in ochre, green, and pink. Bulbous body with a flat, profiled base. A manufacturing-related hole on the underside of the base. In place of the neck and spout are a figure of Eros and a tall, loop-shaped, fluted loop handle. Eros stands on a small, rectangular base and has a cloak draped around his left arm and across his back to the right side. On the body of the vessel, a lattice pattern in ochre is visible, with a two-tone leaf wreath below it. Remnants of sinter; the loop handle has been reassembled at the top, and one wing has been reattached. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of E.S.A., Paris; acquired in the 1980s from Galerie Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres.
Auction details
Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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