Faliscan Red Figure Oinochoe - Populonia Torcop Painter

Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Faliscan, attributed to the Populonia Torcop Painter, ca. 350 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe with a wide base which gradually expands to a globular body with a rounded shoulder, a cylindrical neck with a 'beaked' ovoid spout, and a thick, applied strap handle. The body is decorated in red-figure with a left-facing head of a 'lady of fashion' donning a radiate stephane, sakkos, beaded necklace, and drop earrings, with fugitive white pigment accentuating her face. The elegant female head is flanked with spiraling tendrils beneath a register of frets, and a large stylized palmette graces the front of the spout with fugitive white pigment as well as the area beneath the handle. Size: 4.625" W x 8.5" H (11.7 cm x 21.6 cm).

For a stylistically-similar example, please see The British Museum, museum number 1913,0722.1 [right-most example]: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=400587&partId=1&searchText=Beaked+Jug&page=2

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-collection of Professor Dr. Günther Marschall, Hamburg, Germany (1913 - 1997), acquired between 1967 and 1975

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Condition Report: Minor abrasions and nicks to spout, handle, body, and base, with light fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations within interior, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits throughout. Old handwritten label beneath base with assignment to the Populonia Torcop painter.