Published Krater attributed to the Nicholson painter
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AR2588
| Object: |
Bell krater (large vase used for watering down wine in Ancient Greece)
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| Material: |
Red clay with black slip and white painting
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| Date: |
Late 4th century BC South Italy, Campania A thermoluminescence expertise from the renowned Kotalla Laboratory (which will be delivered together with the Krater) certifies the age of the krater with approx. 2400 years (RefNr. 01B250315) |
| Publications: |
The krater is published in the following scientific works: K. Schauenburg, Studien zur unteritalischen Vasenmalerei VI (Kiel 2003) pp. 28; 52; 103 Fig. 64 K. Schauenburg, Studien zur unteritalischen Vasenmalerei VII (Kiel 2005) pp. 34; 75; 129 Fig. 80a-c |
| Description: |
Red-figure bell krater. Large vase used for watering down wine in Ancient Greece. The shape, resembling a bell turned upside down, developed in the 5th century BC. One side shows a young warrior sitting on a rock, wearing a white and yellow colored armor and leg pieces. The warrior has placed his left arm on a shield and holds a spear in the right. Facing him is a woman wearing a long robe and taenia and carrying a phiale (see also the Toronto krater, A. D. Trendall, The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily (Oxford 1967) Pl. 205,3). The other side shows two cloaked youths. Below the two scenes a "laufender Hund" ribbon, protruding palmettes below the handles. Laurel wreath under the lip. The attribution to the Nicholson painter is given through the first scene, the style of the depiction of the cloaked youths and the non-painted areas above the handles with an interrupted laurel wreath. |
| Size: |
Height 39.5 cm, diameter 40 cm
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| Condition: |
Extremely well preserved. No damages / cracks, painting in very good condition with minimal wear.
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| Literature: |
A. D. Trendall, The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily (Oxford 1967) A. D. Trendall, The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily. Supplements (London 1970, 1973 und 1983, 3 Bände) K. Schauenburg, Studien zur unteritalischen Vasenmalerei (Kiel 1999 - 2010, 14 volumes |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2015 in a German auction house. Ex German private collection from Krefeld (Inv.nr. 4054). Acquired in this in August 1996 from the art dealer Winkels, Cologne, Germany.
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| Authenticity: |
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