Etruscan Black-Figure Neck Amphora With Ketos Attributed to the Micali...
Etruscan Black-Figure Neck Amphora With Ketos
Attributed to the Micali painter, ca. 530 - 520 BC; height cm 45; With a double bands of palmette design on the neck, the body is completely black slip painted, except for the shoulder where runs, on both sides, the figure of the sea monster Ketos (or Cetus) depicted as fish-like serpentine with a long muzzle, long ears and a fluke-like tail. Provenance: Acquired by the current owner in Geneva in February 1993 (S.P.P.E. Ltd S.A.).
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Etruscan Black-Figure Neck Amphora With Ketos
Attributed to the Micali painter, ca. 530 - 520 BC; height cm 45; With a double bands of palmette design on the neck, the body is completely black slip painted, except for the shoulder where runs, on both sides, the figure of the sea monster Ketos (or Cetus) depicted as fish-like serpentine with a long muzzle, long ears and a fluke-like tail. Provenance: Acquired by the current owner in Geneva in February 1993 (S.P.P.E. Ltd S.A.).