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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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 £900 (EUR 1,044; USD 1,215) +BP*

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