< Previous19A PLATE WITH ANIMAL FRIEZE Dm. 25.7 cm. Clay. Italo-Corinthian, 2nd half of 6th cent. B.C. CHF 2,400 An animal frieze encircles the interior of this shallow plate: four panthers crouch in a row, their tails aloft and curled, and their heads turned frontally to peer inquisitively at the viewer. A large-breasted bird, perhaps a duck, rounds off the procession. Large and small incised rosettes in the field. Centre of tondo and rim each decorated with brown slip, with bands of added red and line of dots. Light buff fabric. Reassembled from fragments, with small areas of loss at joins filled. Formerly priv. coll. E. W., Riehen, Switzerland. Thence by descent in the family.20A LEKANIS WITH ANIMAL FRIEZE AND BOAR Dm. without handles 26.6 cm. Clay. Italo-Corinthian, late 6th–early 5th cent. B.C. CHF 8,500 A lekanis (dish) on a low foot with two ring handles. Grazing quadripeds (one a horse, one asinine) are watched by three vaguely menacing, striding lions. Interior glazed in reddish orange, with tondo in reserve. Within it, the protome of a ferocious boar facing right. Geo- metric motifs and dots in the field. Rim adorned with vertical lines. Underside of the foot decorated in concentric circles. Surface somewhat abraded, particularly the interior. Reas- sembled from large fragments. Small areas of retouching. Formerly priv. coll. E. W., Riehen, Switzerland. Thence by descent in the family. Representations of horses in Italo-Corinthian pottery are very rare.21A POINTED AMPHORISKOS H. 15.5 cm. Clay. Greek, Middle Corinthian, ca. 580 B.C. CHF 6,500 Flaring ovoid body on a slender foot. Panthers stride around the body. Between them two swans with outspread wings and another bird. A lion and a swan on the shoulder. Rays above the foot. Zigzag on neck. Incised rosettes in the interstices. Reassembled from fragments. Formerly Coll. Prof. Hans Dahn, Lausanne (1919–2019), acquired 27.3.1951.22A LARGE PYXIS WITH PANTHERS H. 18.1 cm. Clay. Greek, Middle Corinthian, ca. 570–550 B.C. CHF 6,000 A large globular pyxis with low, flaring foot and two upright handles. A pronounced verti- cal rim would have accomodated a lid (now lost). The continuous frieze around the body is composed of panthers, antelope, and a bird with a pair of heraldic panthers centered on one side. Exuberant, curling tails overlap with proximal figures. Incised rosettes, large and small fill the interstices. Four diamond-shaped lozenges between the panthers. Liberal use of incision for anatomical details. A certain haste on the part of potter and painter evident in the vase’s foot as well as its ornamentation. Reassembled from several large fragments. Lid missing. Formerly priv. coll. C. A., Zurich, since the 1970s. The parallel bands as ornament below the figural panel and the dots between the lines above are not common. A good comparison can be found in Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, inv. no. 1971.876.Next >