Skyphos

Corinth, Greece, 6th century BC.

Pottery

Height 8.5 cm. 18 cm diameter between the handles.

PROVENANCE: Private collection of gallery owner Claude Bernard (1929-2022), Paris. Founder of the Claude Bernard gallery in Paris, he has represented as a dealer from Alberto Giacometti to David Hockney, Balthus, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Zoran Music, and for the last sixty-five years he has represented the greatest artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

CONDITION: Broken from three original fragments, two in the body and one break in the handle.

DESCRIPTION:

A skyphos is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none. The handles may be horizontal ear-shaped thumbholds that project from the rim (in both Corinthian and Athenian shapes), or they may be loop handles at the rim or that stand away from the lower part of the body. Skyphoi of the type called glaux (owl) have one horizontal and one vertical thumbhold handle.





NOTES:

- The piece includes authenticity certificate.
- The piece includes Spanish Export License.
- The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.

El vendedor y su historia

Galería de Arte Antiguo - Arqueología con sede en Barcelona con más de quince años de experiencia. Especializada en arte clásico, arte egipcio, arte asiático y arte precolombino. Garantiza la autenticidad de todas sus piezas. Participa en las ferias de arte más importantes de España, como Feriarte, así como en ferias en el extranjero, BRAFA, Parcours des Mondes, Cultures Brussels. Todas las piezas se envían con Permiso de Exportación expedido por el Ministerio de Cultura de España. Somos rápidos en los envíos mediante DHL Express o Transporte de Arte Directo.

Skyphos

Corinth, Greece, 6th century BC.

Pottery

Height 8.5 cm. 18 cm diameter between the handles.

PROVENANCE: Private collection of gallery owner Claude Bernard (1929-2022), Paris. Founder of the Claude Bernard gallery in Paris, he has represented as a dealer from Alberto Giacometti to David Hockney, Balthus, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Zoran Music, and for the last sixty-five years he has represented the greatest artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

CONDITION: Broken from three original fragments, two in the body and one break in the handle.

DESCRIPTION:

A skyphos is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none. The handles may be horizontal ear-shaped thumbholds that project from the rim (in both Corinthian and Athenian shapes), or they may be loop handles at the rim or that stand away from the lower part of the body. Skyphoi of the type called glaux (owl) have one horizontal and one vertical thumbhold handle.





NOTES:

- The piece includes authenticity certificate.
- The piece includes Spanish Export License.
- The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.

El vendedor y su historia

Galería de Arte Antiguo - Arqueología con sede en Barcelona con más de quince años de experiencia. Especializada en arte clásico, arte egipcio, arte asiático y arte precolombino. Garantiza la autenticidad de todas sus piezas. Participa en las ferias de arte más importantes de España, como Feriarte, así como en ferias en el extranjero, BRAFA, Parcours des Mondes, Cultures Brussels. Todas las piezas se envían con Permiso de Exportación expedido por el Ministerio de Cultura de España. Somos rápidos en los envíos mediante DHL Express o Transporte de Arte Directo.
Cultura
corintio, griego antiguo
Name of object
Skyfos. Siglo VI a.C. 8,5 cm de altura.
Siglo / marco temporal
6th century B.C.
Procedencia
Colección privada
País de origen
Desconocido
Material
Alfarería
Estado
reparado

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