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In the form of a frog, pale turquoise blue in colour with black details, incised crosshatching for the skin of its back, with bulging thickly-lidded eyes and a downturned mouth, the webbed toes of its forelegs splayed below, the vessel mouth protruding from its back, with a thick inward-sloping disk rim, on a flat base. From Rhodes or Naukratis.

w. 8.3 cm

c. mid 6th century BC

Faience

Provenance

Acquired by previous owner, 1990s
Acquired at Christies's sale, New York, USA, 9th December 2010, lot 99

Publications

Christie's, Antiquities Sale, New York, 9th December 2010, lot 99
J. Boardman, "Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 44 and 92
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, 2016, p. 38, fig. 31 and p. 81

Exhibitions

Musee International de Parfumerie, Grasse, France, from 15 June 2018
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Greek Faience Figural Arabyllos

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