Greek Openwork Gold Earring

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. 649 grams, 29.2 cm



Münzen und Medaillen A.G., H. Cahn, Basel, 24 April 1989. Private collection, Bern, Switzerland. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125q44 by Oxford Authentication. 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.

The Athena Painter is known as the painter who designed several Greek black-figure pottery works using the 5th-century BC white-ground technique. He specialised in lekythoi and refers to Athena as his main subject in his works. Together with the Theseus Painter, they continued the tradition of painting large lekythoi. His black figures are of high quality, and in addition to lekythoi, he decorated other potteries such as oenochoai. Some archaeologists say that he may have been the same person as the Bowdoin Painter of red-figure pottery, although they may have just worked in the same workshop.

With two female riders in a rectangular structure, some pigment remaining. 77.5 grams, 91 mm

Fine condition.

Ex an important Dutch collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1970s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

Hollow-formed statue showing a young shepherd wearing a short tunic and hooded cloak, holding an object in his right hand; rectangular slot on the reverse. 205 grams, 15.8 cm



Private collection Mr T.B., Zürich, Switzerland, before 1970. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.