Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Volume XXVI - 2015

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109 APULIAN RED-FIGURE CHOUS The body decorated with the profile head of a young satyr, shown with curly hair, pointed ears and a snub nose, his tail curling up from the base in front of him; with a trefoil lip, set on a ring base. Ca. 340-300 BC. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex English private collection, acquired in the U.K. between the 1950s and the 1980s; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in London in October 2008. 110 APULIAN GNATHIA WARE BOTTLE A female head in profile. Reverse: Dove. Decorated in added white, yellow, and red. Late 4th Century BC. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Christie’s, London, October 2004. Published: J. Dorig, Art Antique, Collections Privée de Suisse Romande, Mainz, 1975, no. 295. 111 APULIAN GNATHIA WARE GUTTOS in the form of a barrel-shaped quadruped with central funnel and spout tail. Lateral ring handle. Vine and details in added white. Late 4th Century BC. L. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.); H. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in New York, December 1993. 112 APULIAN RED-FIGURE FISH-PLATE CLOSE TO THE HIPPOCAMP PAINTER with a striped perch, a bream, and a star-gazer (uranoscopus scaber) around a central well; high rim with running wave pattern. 4th Century BC. D. 8 1⁄4 in. (21 cm.); H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) Ex collection of J. H. Foote, acquired in Italy in the 1880s, thence by descent to John McElhinney: J.F. collection, Mercer Island, Washington, acquired from RoyalAthena in 2004. Exhibited: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1990 - 2002. Cf. I. McPhee and A. Trendall, Addenda to Greek Red-figured Fish-plates, 1990, no. IV/14a.

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