Perfectly preserved red figure amphora with Satyr
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Object number
AR3073
| Object: |
Campanian bail amphora
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| Material: |
Red clay with black slip and painting So-called red figure pottery |
| Date: |
Second half of 4th century B.C. Campanian Late Classic - Early Hellenism |
| Description: |
High vase with elegant foot, a slightly conical high body, flat shoulder and high neck opening into a protruding lip. With semi-circular handle with central hole used to hang the vessel up in antiquity. One side shows a tailed satyr standing left, holding a pearl necklace and a long staff with a disc-shape object, possibly a mirror. The other side shows a corpulent youth to the left, wearing a coat. In literature, this type often depicted on South Italian pottery is referred to as "Manteljüngling", translated as "youth wearing a coat". Both sides are separated by large volutes. Below the images an inverted band of wave crests. A band of black drops on the shoulder. Female head to the left on the neck above each scene. |
| Size: |
Height 295 mm, diameter 105 mm.
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved incl. the original black slip. Only minimal wear and surface damages. Original white and yellow painting largely preserved. Worth the exhibition in a museum.
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| References: |
See Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Warsaw, Musee National 5, Pl. 26.1-5 (there a dancing satyr and no youth on the other side) For a similar depiction of the young man wearing coat ("Manteljüngling"), see e.g.: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Warsaw, Musee National 5, Pl. 27.1-5 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Brussels, Musees Royaux d'art et d'histoire (cinquantenaire) 3, IV.E.1, Pl. 1.2A.2B |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2020 from the German private collection A. Knorr. Inherited from his mother, E. Knorr, in 2013. Ms. Knorr inherited this cup and other ancient art objects in 1992 from Lieselotte Eichelmann from Herborn, Hessen, Germany. Before this, the objects have been in possession of Eichelmann family for 3 generations, after having been acquired by the grandfather of Ms. Eichelmann, Prof. Hans Rudolf Hartmann (1862 - 1946), who later called himself Hans Hartmann-MacLean. Prof. Hartmann-MacLean was a sculptor, medailleur and university professor at Dresden Art Academy. He most probably had acquired his collection during his study travels to Italy. Since then, the objects have permanently been in Germany.
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| Authenticity: |
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