12⁷⁄₈ in. (32.7 cm.) high

Joseph von Kopf (1827-1903), Rome, the sculptor.
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York; thence by descent to the Hagop Kevorkian Fund.
Property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund; Antiquities, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 22 November 1974, lot 248.

L. Pollak, Joseph v. Kopf als Sammler: Beschreibung der von ihm hinterlassenen Sammlung, Rome, 1905, p. 6, no. 17, pl. 4.
K. Hamma, ed., The Dechter Collection of Greek Vases, San Bernardino, 1989, p. 83, no. 6.

San Bernardino and Northridge, University Art Galleries, California State University, The Dechter Collection of Greek Vases, 5 May 1989-30 March 1990.

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Provenance:
Joseph von Kopf (1827-1903), Rome, the sculptor.
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York; thence by descent to the Hagop Kevorkian Fund.
Property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund; Antiquities, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 22 November 1974, lot 248.

Published:
L. Pollak, Joseph v. Kopf als Sammler: Beschreibung der von ihm hinterlassenen Sammlung, Rome, 1905, p. 6, no. 17, pl. 4.
K. Hamma, ed., The Dechter Collection of Greek Vases, San Bernardino, 1989, p. 83, no. 6.

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Icarius reliefs depict Dionysos, patron of the theater, visiting Icarius, the father of Attic tragedy, or another poet. In her discussion of the type, M. Bieber (pp. 153-154, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age) remarks that the reliefs are noteworthy for their inclusion of a foreground (as seen here, with a youth reclining and a table of food) set against a continuous pictorial background.