Early 6th century BC. A terracotta vessel with narrow opening to the top, formed as a squatting comast, depicted naked with painted brown spots to the stomach and pubic area, small exposed genitals; legs pulled tightly against the body, elbows resting on the knees and hands clasped in front of the chest; hair dressed in archaic ringlets with two suspension holes on either side of the neck; the face with prominent nose and full lips, small lentoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Higgins, R., Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, vol II, pp.26-27, figs.1665-1667. 113 grams total, 10cm including stand (4"). Property of a private New York collection; previously with Bonhams, London, New Bond Street, 7 July 2016, lot 11; formerly in a private US collection, formed between 1950s-1970; accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. Comasts were the participants of a ritualistic drunken procession, komos, often depicted on Athenian vases.