Bidspirit auction | ATTIC RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS WITH OWLS

ATTIC RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS WITH OWLS - Ca. 450 BC. A terracotta skyphos with a deep, slightly flaring body, a flat base, and two horizontally extending handles positioned at the upper section. The exterior is decorated in the red-figure technique, with two owls facing forward, their round eyes accentuated with added black circles and their bodies marked with short incised lines suggesting feathers. Stylised olive branches with elongated leaves extend upward on either side. A horizontal band runs along the lower edge, separating the decorative field from the unpainted lower body and foot.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 41.162.100; Christie's, Live Auction, 7207, Antiquities, 25 October 2012, Lot 266. Size: 70mm x 130mm; Weight: 130gProvenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.