Funerary Vase with Trefoil Mouth; Woman's Head
ca. 325-300 B.C.
Apulian ware
14 15/16 in. (38 cm)
Diam.: 4 1/4 in.
Norman and Amelia Davis Classical Collection
70.102
Provenance: From Tomb of the Three Warriors in Canosa*, opened 1895, and contents sold; William Randolph Hearst, New York, to 1939; [Sotheby's, London, sale of William Randolph Hearst collection, July 11, 1939, lot 202 a-c]; [purchased at auction by Mathias Komor, New York, 1939 to mid-1950s]; purchased from Komor gallery by Norman and Amelia Davis collection, Seattle, mid-1950s to 1970; loan from Mr. and Mrs. Davis to Seattle Art Museum, 1965-1970; gift from Mr. and Mrs. Davis to Seattle Art Museum, September 1970
*First linked to site by Andrew Oliver, Assistant Curator of Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, in letter of 5 January 1965. Found with three other examples.