Red glazed terracotta
H. 12 cm
Greece, late XNUMXth - early XNUMXth century BC. J.-C.
Origin
Collection Victor Mazauric (1882-1956), Director of the Banque de France
Then by descent
The decoration has tongues on the shoulder, on the body, on each side separated by palmettes in a vertical frieze; an aula musician dressed in a chiton and a himation, with in the field a flute case and another musician dancing and playing the rattlesnake, in the field a belt.
At the bottom of the belly, decoration of bands, palmettes and lotus flower in frieze. The background, rosette decoration.
Very well preserved.
For a similar model see
Louvre Museum, fusiform alabaster, CA 469 (fig.1-2)
A Greek archaic red-figured alabaster depicting musicians, late 6th-early 5th century BC
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