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Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

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LOT 0064

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

CIRCA 420-400 B.C.

4 1/4 in. (95 grams, 10.9 cm).

Comprising a bulbous body with narrow neck and handle to the rear; radiating petals on the neck with a band of volute scrolls below, the body showing a female in a dynamic pose, dressed in an elaborate long dress and holding a plate of fruit with her left hand, a seated female before her; attributed to the Meidias Painter; some restoration.

Provenance

Ex Prof. Dr Hans (1918-1984) and Dr Ines (1922-2013) Jucker, classical archaeologists, Bern, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12645-236462.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. CVA Geneva, 4.12,2; Lekythos Bruxelles, Nicole, Meidias, Pl. VII,3.

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LOT 0064

Greek Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidias Painter

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)

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