Of bronze, with greenish-black patina. Heavy three-sided foot with moulded female heads at the edges and a mask of a faun in the middle of the front side. The stem consists of a little and a big amphora above each other; both with "flute"-ornaments and relief-moulded frieze of masks. Bowl on top is missed, two smaller ones are attached. Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49; Math. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Eine bekannte Süddeutsche Privatsammlung and anderer Privatbesitz, Katalog Nr. 395.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 11/12th March 1938 by Math. Lempertz, Cologne. CatalogueNo: 118 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936); 249 (Math. Lempertz, 1938)
