A Fragment of an Oinochoe with Antelopes and Swans
Attic, Late Geometric, last quarter of 8th century B.C.
Clay
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Depth: 9.5 cm
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A fragment of a large oinochoe with both figural and geometric decoration. One of the metopes on the shoulder with two recumbent antelopes with long horns and delicate legs tucked beneath them. A wider band around the belly with a figural panel showing two swans confronting one another, and a smaller one standing between. Zig-zags, cross-hatched triangles and dotted rosettes in the interstices. Further ornamental panels. Two nipple-shaped lugs at the shoulder. Old inv. no. “PHB 003” in the interior. Reassembled from three fragments. Part of surface abraded.
PROVENANCE
Formerly priv. coll. Emmanuel Ségrédakis (b. 1898 - d. 1948), dealer between 1920-1930 in Paris, acquired at the end of 1930s in Paris. Thence by descent until 2010 with Emmanuel Koutoulakis, Paris. Thereafter, priv. coll. Blanconnier, Paris.
NOTE
For the use of lines, registers and metopes to structure the decoration, and antelopes and swans, cf. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Antikensammlung Berlin, vol. 10 (Munich 2009) 60 f, pls. 30,4, 31. For the animals, cf. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The British Museum, vol. 11 (London 2010) 24, pls. 32-33, 46-47.

