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Lot 22*
An Attic black-figure lekythos with two hounds
6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
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An Attic black-figure lekythos with two hounds
Attributed to the Cock Group, circa 520 B.C.
12cm high
Attributed to the Cock Group, circa 520 B.C.
12cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Bought in Athens by Prof. Dr. Adolf Greifenhagen (1905–1989), Berlin, in his collection prior to 1971.
with H. A. C. Kunst der Antike, Basel (100 Werke antiker Kleinkunst, Catalog 1, December 1989, p.9-10, no.19).
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above 20 December 1989.
Published:
J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p.211.
K. Vierneisel and U. Gehrig, Antiken aus Berliner Privatbesitz, Catalogue of the exhibition in the Antikenmuseum Berlin, Berlin, 1975, p.92, no.224.
T.H. Carpenter et al, Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition, Oxford, 1989, p.118.
H.P. Isler, Archäologische Sammlung der Universität Zürich. Jahresbericht Nr. 33, 2006-2007, Zürich, 2007, p.6, as no.1272.
Beazley Archive no. 340757.
Exhibited:
Antikenmuseum Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antiken aus Berliner Privatbesitz, December 1975-February 1976, no. 224.
On loan to the Archaeological Collection, University of Zurich, 2006-2010 (L1272).
The Cock Group are distinguishable by the unusual cock and ivy leaves depicted on the shoulders of their vases. The group were quite prolific and produced lekythoi with an array of 'stock images'. For further discussion see J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases, London, 1974, p. 115.