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Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

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LOT 0059

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

CIRCA 490 B.C.

11 1/2 in. (649 grams, 29.2 cm).

Nearly cylindrical body with a slightly sloping shoulder with five palmettes and eight dots in between; main image showing a Dionysian procession with two advancing nude satyrs facing a young male playing a double pipe, each of the satyrs leaning on a walking stick and having a long garment draped over their shoulders and wearing a fillet and a large wreath on their heads.

Provenance

Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 24 April 1989.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12641-236375.
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. The British Museum, London, museum no.1851,0416.18 and 1772,0320.394, for lekythoi by the Athena Painter.

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LOT 0059

Greek Attic Terracotta Black Figure Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)

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