HELLENISTIC SKYPHOS DECORATED WITH EROTIC SCENES - EX. CHRISTIE'S
Late Hellenistic, Ca. 100 BC.
The two-handled vessel on a splayed foot, with a flaring rim and twin handles with circular bosses, with four, applied, molded love-making vignettes, each side with a scene of a couple in a bedchamber. This rare vessel shows the Greco-Roman appreciation for the pleasures of this life. The subject matter most likely links the vessel to the worship of the wine god Dionysos.
Size: L:95mm / W:184mm ; 420g
Provenance: Property of a London Art Gallery; formerly in a private collection of M. G.; Ex. Christie's, London, 2005. Exhibited: Olympia Art & Antiques fair, London June 2022.
Estimate: GBP 3000 - 6000