Corinthian, Ancient Greek Pottery Skyphos. 6th century BC. 8.5 cm Height.
Skyphos
Corinth, Greece, 6th century BC.
Pottery
Height 8. 5 cm. 18 cm diameter between the handles.
PROVENANCE: Private collection of gallery owner Claude Bernard (1929-2022) , Paris. Founder of the Claude Bernard gallery in Paris, he has represented as a dealer from Alberto Giacometti to David Hockney, Balthus, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Zoran Music, and for the last sixty-five years he has represented the greatest artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
CONDITION: Broken from three original fragments, two in the body and one break in the handle.
DESCRIPTION:
A skyphos is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none. The handles may be horizontal ear-shaped thumbholds that project from the rim (in both Corinthian and Athenian shapes) , or they may be loop handles at the rim or that stand away from the lower part of the body. Skyphoi of the type called glaux (owl) have one horizontal and one vertical thumbhold handle.
NOTES:
- The piece includes authenticity certificate.
- The piece includes Spanish Export License.
- The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.
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Skyphos
Corinth, Greece, 6th century BC.
Pottery
Height 8. 5 cm. 18 cm diameter between the handles.
PROVENANCE: Private collection of gallery owner Claude Bernard (1929-2022) , Paris. Founder of the Claude Bernard gallery in Paris, he has represented as a dealer from Alberto Giacometti to David Hockney, Balthus, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Zoran Music, and for the last sixty-five years he has represented the greatest artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
CONDITION: Broken from three original fragments, two in the body and one break in the handle.
DESCRIPTION:
A skyphos is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none. The handles may be horizontal ear-shaped thumbholds that project from the rim (in both Corinthian and Athenian shapes) , or they may be loop handles at the rim or that stand away from the lower part of the body. Skyphoi of the type called glaux (owl) have one horizontal and one vertical thumbhold handle.
NOTES:
- The piece includes authenticity certificate.
- The piece includes Spanish Export License.
- The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.
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