< Previous27A BLACK-FIGURE OLPE WITH WINGED MAN H. 27 cm. Clay. Etruscan, late 6th–early 5th cent. B.C. CHF 4,800 The flaring front wall of this olpe (jug) is dominated by a panel in reserve, which extends onto the lip. A nude figure runs towards the left, his limbs filling the frame. Wings sprout from either side of his abdomen, and from his ankles. An unidentified object in added white on the ground-line, perhaps a rock. The panel is framed by lavish geometric ornamentation, including bands of maeander, checkerboard, dots, tear-drops, and leaves. Added red on the figure’s hair and both pairs of wings. Vase somewhat irregularly shaped, perhaps owing to a kiln mishap. Otherwise intact. Formerly priv. coll. E. W., Riehen, Switzerland. Thence by descent in the family.28A COLUMN-KRATER WITH SATYRS H. 33.4 cm. Clay. Etruscan, ca. 510–500 B.C. CHF 28,000 A large, thick-walled column-krater with a panel of reserve on either side, each featuring pairs of cavorting satyrs. Two dance on the obverse, processing in opposite directions with their arms in complementary poses (one hand raised, the other hand holding a fan or spade- shaped implement), and both facing towards their right. On the reverse, the satyrs are cap- tured in a different moment of the dance. Both pairs have asinine hooves, tails in added white (better preserved on the obverse), and are festooned with slim fillets including around their limbs. A stylized ivy vine, rendered in a line of black dots, springs from between the dancers to form a canopy. Reassembled from large fragments. Formerly priv. coll. E. W., Riehen, Switzerland, acquired in the 1970s.29HAND MIRROR WITH HIPPALECTRYON H. 23.6 cm. Dm. 15.2 cm. Bronze. Greek or Western Greek, 5th–4th cent. B.C. CHF 3,800 Tondo with an engraved hippalectryon in lively motion to right. Its head with long muzzle and flashing teeth as well as its arched neck with upright mane are those of a horse. However, the chest with five rows of semi-circular, overlapping feathers is that of a cock. Its wings are raised high above its back. The mirror is crowned by a palmette framed by two diminutive seahorses. The transition to the handle is adorned by a lotus blossom, an acanthus chalice, volutes and half-palmettes. Much of the reverse and part of rim on the obverse are encrusted. Mirror intact, fragment of the tang reattached. Formerly priv. coll. Middlesex, England, acquired in the 1980s. Our mirror is a fairly early specimen. Many of the hippalektryon’s features have parallels in Corinthian and Attic vase painting. Cf. LIMC V (1990) nos. 1, 25, 33–34, 40 s. v. Hippalektryon (D. Williams). Possibly the artist who made this mirror had such images in mind. Mythical creatures were frequently represented on mirrors, cf. a lion-griffin on the interior of a folding mirror from the Classical Period (1st half of 4th cent. B.C.) in Berlin, Antikenmuseum, Misc. 10187, cf. G. Zimmer, Spiegel im Anti- kenmuseum (Berlin 1987) 14 f., 38, colour pl. 2. 30AN ENGRAVED MIRROR WITH HYACINTH RIDING A SWAN H. 21.1 cm. Dm. 17 cm. Bronze. Etruscan, late 5th–1st half of 4th cent. B.C. CHF 6,800 Hyacinth, nude and riding on a swan flying to left. The youth’s hair is tied up and crowned by a diadem. He holds onto the swan’s neck and chest with both hands during its flight. The image is framed by a symmetrical wave pattern. Flat tang reattached. Filler in the lower half of the mirror. Some cracks at the rim sealed. Apollo fell in love with the hero Hyacinth from Amyklae near Sparta and tried to woo him for himself. Representations of Hyacinth riding on a swan, an animal associated with Apollo, are found mainly on Greek vases. On this mirror the story is charmingly rendered in bronze. Formerly Coll. R. R., Switzerland, 1970s. The motif of Hyacinth riding on a swan can already be found on Attic vases of the late 6th cent. B.C. Cf. LIMC V (1990) 547–549, nos. 3–4, 8–10, 12–14, 16, 41, pls. 376–379 s. v. Hyakinthos (L. u. F. Villard). For the shape and decoration of our mirror, cf. I. Jucker, Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum (CSE) Switzerland (Berne 2001) 70 ff., nos. 34–35, illus. 34 a–e. For a mirror of the same shape and decorative arrangement with the goddess Turan riding on a swan, s. Fortuna. Galerie für Alte Kunst Zürich. Etruskische und campanische Kunst, Cat. 13 (Zurich 1989) no. 37 with illus. Next >