Etrusco-Corinthian alabastron with cockerels, Etruria, c.590-580 BC, Group of the American Academy Painter
Terracotta
Height: 16.5cm
11131
Charles Ede, London
Further images
The piriform body is decorated in black-figure with much use of crimson paint, depicting two confronting cockerels with large bodies, elongated necks and and attenuated heads, their plumage delineated with...
The piriform body is decorated in black-figure with much use of crimson paint, depicting two confronting cockerels with large bodies, elongated necks and and attenuated heads, their plumage delineated with unusually elaborate incised detail. In the field are large rosettes, all except one are parti-coloured spheres with an incised cross. A short neck with wide disc-rim beneath which is a handle pierced by a round hole. Painted petals decorate the upper surface of the lip, with short dots and dashes to the edge of the rim and handle. At the very bottom of the rounded base a circular indentation, which has been lightly carved away, is surrounded by radiating petals. Some surface wear in particular to the decoration. A diagonal break along the neck, under the handle, repaired and painted out.
The parti-coloured spheres are a decorative type comparatively rare on vases from Corinth proper.
The parti-coloured spheres are a decorative type comparatively rare on vases from Corinth proper.
Provenance
Charles Ede Ltd, London UK; acquired 24th August 1977, stock number 6381Graham C. Ives, Surrey, UK; acquired from the above 24th February 1978
Susan Dyer, Camberley, UK; by descent in 2020 from the above, her uncle
