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A Campanian red-figure hydria

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28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,500

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A Campanian red-figure hydria
Attributed to the Painter of the Naples Hydriai, circa 350-300 B.C.
The body decorated with a bird standing on rocky ground, its plumage indicated by a spotted chest and striped wing and tail, standing between foliate scrolls, a fillet hanging in the field, a palmette at the neck with a band of rays on the shoulder, a wave pattern around the lip, 23cm high

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Provenance:
with Fortuna, Galerie für alte Kunst, Zurich.
Drs Gerd and Sigrid von der Gönna collection, Germany, acquired from the above 29 April 1992.

Published:
E. Böhr, 'A rare bird on Greek vases: the wryneck', in J. H. Oakley et. al, Athenian Potters and Painters. The conference proceedings, held at American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1-4 December 1994, Oxford, 1997, p. 109-123, fig. 6.
E. Böhr, 'Der Wendehals. Ein seltener Vogel auf griechischen Vasen', Antike Welt, vol. 31.4, 2000, p. 347.

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