Loading, please wait...

Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter
Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge
Details

LOT 0074

Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter

4TH CENTURY B.C.

10 5/8 in. (90 grams, 27 cm wide).

With rounded loop handles with elaborate palmettes below, pedestal foot; Side A with nude Eros flying left, holding a dish in his right hand; Side B with a standing female (Psyche?) waiting for Eros and offering a wreath with her left hand, dressed in a flowing peplos, a small altar before.

Provenance

Ex Barnard & Moore, 2003.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.

Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N123k4 from Oxford Authentication.
Accompanied by an old Moore Antiquities identification card with reference no.1958 and invoice dated 26 July 2003.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.11918-205900.

Literature

Cf. Cambitoglou, A. and Trendall, A.D., ‘Addenda to Apulian Red-Figure Vase-Painters of the Plain Style’ in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 73, No. 4 (Oct., 1969), pp. 423-433, pls.119-120, figs.20-21, 26; similar painting style on a terracotta hydria in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 56.171.65, in Mayo, M.E. and Hamma K., The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia, Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1982, no. 38, pp. 116–17, 308; some similar elements also on the volute crater in the MFA, accession no.1970.235; see also other works of Iliupersis in Trendall, A.D., Cambitoglou, A., The red-figured vases of Apulia, Oxford, 1978, figs.8/25; 8/51; 8/60.

Footnotes

The Iliupersis Painter was a south Italic Greek vase painter whose name is unknown. The name derives from a represented scene in a volute crater in the British Museum depicting the sacking of Troy (Iliou Persis). The characteristic pillar-shaped monument depicted here can be seen also on the MET hydria, where the closed foot of the woman corresponds in detail to the one on our vase. The Iliupersis Painter was a prolific and innovative artist, active just before mid 4th century B.C., whose work set the standard for the large, ornate-style vases of the second half of the same century: volute-kraters with plastic masks on the volutes, increased polychromy, complex floral ornament, multilevel compositions, mourners surrounding funerary naiskoi and stelei.

CONDITION
VETTING:

TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process


AUCTIONS:

TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.

LOT 0074

Greek Blackware Skyphos from the Choes Group Workshop of The Iliupersis Painter

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120

Print page

RELATED LOTS
  • Greek Gold Clad Bracelet
    Lot 0099
    Greek Gold Clad Bracelet
    5th-3rd century B.C. or later

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510

    Comprising a penannular hoop and discoid finials with applied filigree collars; the filigree ornament repeated at the centre. 41.68 grams, 70 mm



    Previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s. From a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995. Ex European collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.11731-200431.

    Lot Details

  • Cypriot Terracotta Figurine
    Lot 0055
    Cypriot Terracotta Figurine
    6th-5th century B.C.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £780

    Modelled in the half-round, the figure wearing a conical hood with open front, detailed facial features and ribbed beard, left arm bent, right arm drawn across the body in the folds of a mantle, vertical border to the left chest; mounted on a custom-made stand. 48 grams, 83 mm (69 grams total, 10.9 cm high including stand)



    Ex Julien Gréau (1810–1895) who was an omnivorous French collector with a predilection for antiquities. Collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras and Rouen, thence by descent. with Millon & Associes Auctions, Paris, 6th December 2021, lot 41 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of Collection J. Gréau, Terres Cuites Grecques, by H. Hoffmann, 1891, where this piece is published.

    Lot Details

  • Huge Corinthian Black-Figure Lekanis Lid
    Lot 0068
    Huge Corinthian Black-Figure Lekanis Lid
    6th century B.C.

    Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £3,000

    An extremely large Corinthian or Attic lid with concentric bands to the rim and handle; to the tondo, a frieze of painted figures comprising a swan, a regardant lion, two opposed sphinxes, another regardant lion, another swan, a bull, a lioness and part of another bull(?); restored. 3.7 kg, 49.5 cm wide



    Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11614-199000.

    Lot Details

Stay up-to-date with the latest from TimeLine Auctions by joining our mailing list