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LOT 0069
Greek Attic Black Figure Ware Kylix with Chariot Scene
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
9 3/4 in. (520 grams, 24.5 cm wide).
With broad flat foot, short stem, broad bowl with carination at the shoulder, two square strap handles; frieze of black-painted decoration including two scenes of a quadriga chariot with a man stepping in to the chariot and a musician with a kithara, between palmettes; some restoration.
ProvenanceCambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s-2000s.
Ex property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N124a8 from Oxford Authentication.
Cf. the British Museum, museum number 1864.1007.294, for similar, in Walters, H.B., Forsdyke, E.J., Smith, C.H., Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, London, 1893-1895, cat.B441; see another similar example of Attic black-figure deep-bowled kylix in the Monash University Museum, inv. no.10.26180; see also similar examples in style in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 1972.118.144.
FootnotesThese Attic kylikes were usually presented with a stemmed base, a deep bowl and two upturned loop handles, on a concave base. The exterior walls were decorated with black-figure technique on red background, here in a style remarkably similar to that of the Haimon Painter.
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LOT 0069
Greek Attic Black Figure Ware Kylix with Chariot Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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Opening Bid: £1,500
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