Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World 2016 - Vol. XXVII

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86 EUBOEAN BLACK-FIGURE PLATE FEATURING A STRUTTING COCKEREL Above him, a palmette and to the right, a spiral supporting a lotus flower on a long stem. Ca. 600-550 BC. D. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) Rare. Ex American private collection. 87 CORINTHIAN POTTERY FLAT BOTTOMED OINOCHOE BY THE PAINTER OF BOSTON F471 Between bands, a central frieze of animals including panthers, an ibex, a small bird, and a siren; tongues on the shoulder and rays beneath the frieze. The bottom with dipinto (painted inscription). Ca. 580 BC. H. 8 in. (20.5 cm.) Cf. D. Amyx, Corinthian Vase-painting of the Archaic Period, 1988, no. 221, pl. 91. Acquired in Basel, Switzerland, June 2000. 88 CORINTHIAN POTTERY ARYBALLOS of inverted pyriform shape with radiating tongues on lip, shoulder and point; double scale band at waist heightened in red and yellow. 6th Century BC. H. 4 in. (10.2 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from P. Donati, Lugano, April 1993. 89 RHODIAN MOLDED POTTERY OWL ARYBALLOS The bird modeled as if resting, its head turned to its right; nozzle at mid-back. Mid-6th Century BC. L. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in the 1980s.

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