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Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix
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LOT 0033

Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix

ATTIC, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

10 1/4 in. (373 grams, 26 cm).

Broad and shallow with two strap handles, an advancing figure holding a shield at the tondo, outside with a figural frieze of two robed figures in discussion, seated on churule chairs, an attendant behind the left figure, a rider on horseback on each side of the scene; restored.

Provenance

From a German collection, pre 1970.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13316-258818.

Literature

For similar examples of kylikes with black-attic figures see the British Museum, London, 1836,0224.65 (Gorgoneion and hippalectryon), 1864,1007.1701 (Hermes and Dionysos); compare with 1864,1007.1688 (Heracles and the Erymanthian boar), 1864,1007.296 (satyrs and dolphin); Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art ΝΓ0702 (‘eyes’ kylix); New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 44.11.1 (Menelaos and Helen), 56.171.36 (‘eyes’ kylix with ships and warriors), 96.18.64 (‘eyes’ kylix), 98.8.25 ((‘eyes’ kylix with satyrs), 96.18.65 (‘eyes’ kylix); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum 96.AE.96 (fish market); Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum 33.399 (procession of men).

Footnotes

The present piece is a wide-bowled drinking cup known as a kylix - one of the most popular forms of pottery from the Achaean times (1600-1100 B.C.) through to the classical period (c.510-323 B.C.). It dates to an important moment in the development of Greek ceramics, just as the black-figure technique was being perfected by Athenian painters. Painted in black slip with details incised on top, kylikes usually had a frieze around the outside of the bowl as well as another scene on the tondo of the inside.

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LOT 0033

Greek Black-Figure Ware Kylix

Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)

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