A Classical Greek Attic Pottery Portrait Roundel c.5-7thC B.C

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A Classical Greek Attic Pottery Portrait Roundel c.5-7thC B.COrigin: UnknownPeriod: 5th 7th Century B. CProvenance: The Collection of Caponini, purchased from Sotheby's 17 12 1997Date: c. 5 7thC B. C. Height: 0. 5Diameter: 5. 5The beautiful Greek style attic pottery portrait roundel, depicting a bearded classical figure in side profile, facing to dexter, within a stylised border, and surviving from 5thC 7thC B. C. The condition of the roundel is good throughout with only one chip to the reverse as photographed.

though one has a hairline crack measuring around three inches long to its base

A long-legged Heron

the whole in papier-mâché with glass eyes and hollow form

The word was not used widely in English until probably the end of the eighteenth century

The Greek god Hermes (the Roman Mercury) was the god of translators and interpreters

H Thompson 1845 E

Presented on a naturalistic cabin style log shield

Possibly Italian

both were by 1598 placed at the Villa Medici

It has a replaced leather back and one patched inner flank

Flip Lines

On a forest green ground with white border