Lot no. 105
BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA
Greek art, 6th century BC
Neck amphora in black glazed terracotta, decorated on the neck on side A with a scene depicting a man flanked by two lions and on side B with a hoplite between two sphinxes.
Restoration work.
Height: 26 cm
Provenance: Me de Ricqlès, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 and 12 November 2001: n°272 (ill.)
Cahn Auktionen AG, 19 September 2008: n°271 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023
Bibliography: J. Boardman, "Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 61, fig. 15
A Greek black-figured amphora,
6th century B.C.
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