Bidspirit auction | ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA ALABASTRON WITH FLORAL

ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA ALABASTRON WITH FLORAL AND FELINE MOTIFS - Ca. 620 - 590 BC. A tall terracotta alabastron with an ovoid body flaring gradually towards a rounded base, a short cylindrical neck, and a wide disc-shaped rim with a loop below for suspension. The body is decorated in added red and black with a stylised feline head framed within panels and series of broad curving bands intersecting over a field of vertical lines.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 06.1021.15.; Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, 1994, fasciculae 29, P. G. Museum Plate 247, n. 1 - 4, 86.AE.44.Size: 190mm x 95mm; Weight: 265gProvenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.