Vase in the Form of Nike

4th century BCE (Classical-Hellenistic)

11.7 cm 17.5 cm 5.6 cm

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The perfume vessel, which was suspended from a cord, is shaped like a flying Nike, personification of victory. Her active pose and agitated, wind-blown drapery demonstrate the highly decorative tastes of the early 4th century.

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Mikas, by 1925, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2181]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, June 1949, pt. III, lot 18; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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