Lot 5
A Group of Two Grand Tour Black-Figure Ceramic Vessels, 19th c., height of tallest 17 1/2 in Note: These striking variations on ancient Greek pottery types include a version of a Kantharos or Kylix (a spreading footed vessel) with a Black-Figure decoration of large labeled figures on a continuous buff-colored ground; and a very tall variant on an "Early Classical" Lekythos, more traditionally decorated with a Black-Figure battle scene on a reserved red ground. The very unusual "waisted" shape of the latter object-in addition to the fact that its central cavity runs open and uninterrupted, from foot-rim to spout-suggest that the probable Italian shop in which these Grand Tour ceramics were produced may have been staffed by a more than usually inventive potter/painter.
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