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A Greek pottery horse askos

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A Greek pottery horse askos
Sicily, circa 5th Century B.C.
In the form of a recumbent horse, the head with incised snout and mouth, small pointed ears and ridged mane, a long tail running down the back of the barrel-shaped body, with a funnel in the centre of the back, flanked by small strap handles, a conical spout to one side of the tail, the legs folded underneath, the rear legs arched away from the body, details in painted umber including a harness, rays around the funnel, and indicating the upper parts of the legs, the body decorated on one side with a trireme, with long oars and tall sail, the other side with a small dolphin, a floral motif on the horse's chest, 21.5cm x 13.5cm

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Provenance:
with Galerie Arete, Zurich (Antike Terracotten, 1982, no. 18).
Private collection, Geneva, acquired from the above 20 March 1982.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above in 2006.

For two related Sicilian animal askoi of a ram and a cow see A. Kozloff (ed.), Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981, pp.145-146, nos. 123 & 124. Kozloff notes that such vessels are usually discovered in funerary contexts, and that the shape of the spout suggests that such vessels may have been used as baby feeders, which also explains the characterful designs. Horse-shaped examples have been found in the region around Selinus.

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