Inv. n°: MMoCA577

Attic Red-Figure Alabastron

Decorated with a negotiating scene between a hetaira and a customer, the hetaira wearing chiton and himation, her hair bound in a sakkos, wearing beaded necklace and large disc earrings, holding a ball of wool (?) in her hand, her right arm hand. Traces of Greek inscriptions between the figures, with twin lug handles, a Greek inscription around the rim, tongues around the shoulder and lower body, a palmette on the underside of the base.

h. 16 cm

c. 520-500 BC

Terracotta

Provenance

  • Ex collection of Dr Kurt Deppert, Frankfurt, early 1970s
  • German private collection
  • Acquired at Christie's "Antiquities" sale 5488, London, 7th October 2010, lot 120

Publications

  • Christie's, Antiquities, sale 5488, 7th October 2010, lot 120
  • J. Boardman, "Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 60, fig. 8
  • Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, January/ February 2011, vol. XXII, no. 1 ,p. 57, fig. 23
  • Ville de Mougins, "C'est quoi cette oeuvre?", Mougins Info, Mougins, November/December 2022, p. 37

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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