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Large Corinthian black-figure aryballos. Middle...

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Large Corinthian black-figure aryballos. Middle Corinthian, 600 - 575 BC. H 12.6 cm, ø body 11.2 cm. Opposite left a female siren with polos and outstretched wings and right a bearded male siren. Details in red. With certificate of authenticity from Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg i.Br.! Tiny superficial chips, especially on the underside, a modern hole on the underside, otherwise intact. Published in: A. Fairbanks, Catalogue of Greek and Etruscan Vases I - Early Vases Preceding Athenian Black-Figured Ware (1926) pl. XLV no. 466; Kunst der Antike - Galerie Günter Puhze. Catalog 16, 2002, p. 19 no. 165 and fig. 165. Provenance: From the R. L. Collection, Lower Saxony, acquired in 2008 from Galerie Puhze, Freiburg i.Br.