PLASTIC ARYBALLOS IN THE SHAPE OF A HEDGEHOG, MADE OF EMAILED POTTERY

PLASTIC ARYBALLOS IN THE SHAPE OF A HEDGEHOG, MADE OF EMAILED POTTERY

Greco-Egyptian art, 6th century B.C.

A sculptural, turquoise-glazed aryballe in the shape of a hedgehog resting on a rectangular base; the body is topped by a neck flanked by a handle, with the details of the fur rendered by a reticulated “diamond-point” pattern.

Height: 6 cm

Provenance: Former collection of Günter Grimm (1940–2010)

Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, December 1, 2011: lot 168 (ill.)

Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins

Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA781)

Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, February 26, 2016–June 19, 2016

Bibliography: Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archaeology, Paris, December 1, 2011, lot 168

C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 43 and 91

C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 38, fig. 32, and p. 81

A Graeco-Egyptian faience hedgehog aryballos,

6th century B.C.