Large black-figure athenian skyphos with parallel in a museum
€17,800
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Object number
AR3277
| Object: |
Large skyphos
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| Material: |
Black-figure pottery Red clay with black slip and red and white paint |
| Date: |
Last quarter of 6th - first quarter 5th century B.C. Athenian |
| Description: |
Wide disc-shaped foot, conical body, the lip is separated by a groove. Two attached handles. On each side of the handles a sphinx looking in the direction of the respective handle. Between them on each side 4 young women dancing to the right, facing a 5th woman with a music instrument. Details of clothing and hair painted in red, the skin in white. Foot with band of red and black rays. |
| Size: |
Diameter 295 mm with and 222 mm without handles, height 164 mm.
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| Condition: |
Very impressive, large vase in an excellent condition. Professionally restored from large fragments, edges retouched. Painting wonderfully preserved.
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| References: |
An almost identical piece (with 5 instead of 4 dancers) is published in: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Paris, Musee National Rodin Pl. 13.7-8 J.D. Beazley, Attic Black Figure Vase Painters (Oxford 1956) p. 620 Nr. 74 M.-H. Delavaud-Roux, Les danses pacifiques en Grece antique (Aix-en-Provence 1994): p. 110 Nr. 47 (A) |
| Art Loss: |
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2022 at the German art market. From an old German private collection, acquired in the 1980s from the German art market.
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| Authenticity: |
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