
Greek Pottery Duck Askos

The black figure pottery askos in the form of a duck. With black glazed bill, handle, flared mouth, and a band about the base. The eyes and details of the wings are also picked out in black figure. Minor repair, no restoration.
ca. 450-400BC
Height: 11.2 cm. (4 7/16 in.)
Ex: private Swiss collection, 1960s - early 1970s, as recorded by Bonhams London, April 2005. Property of Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, acquired on the European market, April, 2008.
(#4714)
Exhibited:
BRAFA Art Fair. (Brussels, 26 Jan- 2 Feb 2020)
Published:
Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures VI (New York, 2008) p.26
Bonham’s; Antiquities (London, 05.14.2003) lot.195
Comparandum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art acc. no. 41.162.185