< Previous31A HEAD OF A LION H. 5.1 cm. Terracotta. Greek or Western Greek, 4th–3rd cent. B.C. CHF 1,500 Energetically modelled head of a lion. The individual parts of the face are remarkably plastic. Big eyes below bulging brows. Flat, broad nose. Flews accentuated by the recessed mouth with central drill hole. Incised mane. Details added using a modelling stick. Probably from a statuette. Red clay with ochre coating. Ears lost. Brow, nose, mouth and underside slightly worn. Formerly Coll. Prof. Hans Dahn (1919–2019), Lausanne; acquired 15.7.1958 in Basel. For the style, cf. the terracotta head of a lion in a group with Eros in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 12.232.16 (can be viewed online).32A BULL L. 15.9 cm. H. 11.8 cm. Terracotta. Greek or Western Greek, 5th–4th cent. B.C. CHF 1,200 Powerful bull with pronounced dewlap. Naturalistic body shapes. Legs and tail in relief, the rest modelled in the round. Genitals visible. On a rectangular base. Votive offering. Mould-made; hollow inside. Reassembled from large fragments, breaks retouched. Right ear restored. Traces of red paint in the grooved mouth and between the forelegs. Formerly Coll. Prof. Hans Dahn (1919–2019), Lausanne; acquired 1953. Related shape: E. Schmidt, Katalog der antiken Terrakotten I. Die figürlichen Terrakotten (Mainz 1994) 71, no. 88, pl. 19.33A HANDLE APPLIQUE IN THE FORM OF A SILEN’S HEAD H. 5.3 cm. Terracotta. Western Greek, Hellenistic, late 4th–3rd cent. B.C. CHF 600 Plastically modelled front half of the head of a Silen with typical features such as the wrinkled forehead, bulging brows, bulbous nose and full beard, whose lively curls cascade down over the lower half of the face. The beginnings of horns are visible above the forehead and the leaves of an ivy wreath are discernible behind the temples. Mould-made. Distinct traces of white engobe; lips painted red. Part of the handle (probably from an oinochoe) preserved. Minor chipping on the edges. Formerly Coll. Prof. Hans Dahn (1919–2019), Lausanne; acquired 9.9.1952 from Donati.34A SPOUT IN THE FORM OF A LION’S HEAD H. 12 cm. Terracotta. Western Greek, 4th–3rd cent. B.C. CHF 2,800 The wide-open eyes with drilled pupils, contracted brow and nose, gaping jaws which reveal the upper row of teeth, lolling tongue and shaggy mane give this lion’s head an exceptionally lively appearance. It was modelled by hand and carefully reworked using a modelling stick, with much attention paid to the details. The open-work mouth and its applique-like design indicate that it served as a waterspout. Its size suggests that it came from a sima. The sepa- rately crafted ears are lost. Tip of nose and rim of mane slightly worn. Priv. coll. M. S., Basel, Switzerland, acquired from Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel. Published: Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, Sonderliste S, October 1980, 19, no. 63 with illus. Cf. Harvard Art Museum, inv. no. 1960.497.35A THREE-LEGGED ASKOS WITH ANIMAL PROTOME H. 18.5 cm. Clay, dark brown and red matt glaze. Subgeometric-Daunian II, 550‒400 B.C. CHF 4,800 An askos with a lenticular body standing on three legs shaped like human feet. Prominent elongated spout with sieve. Filling hole opposite in the form of a tube with broad disk- shaped rim. At the side a strap handle with large zoomorphic ornament and stylised bird applique between pointed horns. The whole vessel is decorated with finely painted geometric patterns in the form of concentric circles, parallel lines, curving lines, line clusters and lozen- ges. A group of bird feet impressions occupies the centre of the top of the vessel. Tube, one horn and a small handle fragment reattached. Slightly worn. Glaze abraded. Bichrome ware. Formerly Coll. Wladimir Rosenbaum, Ascona, before 1984. The three human legs are a rare variation by which the vessel becomes anthropomorphic. Daunian pottery was manufactured mainly in the regional production centres of Ordona and Canosa di Puglia. On the vessel type, cf. J. Chamay–Ch. Courtois, L’art premier des Iapyges. Ceramique antique d’Italie méridionale (Geneva 2002) 93 f., no. 39; on the plate rim ornament, cf. D. Yntema, The Matt-Painted Pottery of Southern Italy (Utrecht 1985) 328, illus. 220, 32.Next >