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LOT 0066
Greek Red-Figure Kylix with Dancing Nymphs and Satyrs
ATTIC, 5TH CENTURY B.C.
14 5/8 in. (875 grams, 37 cm wide).
With short stem and broad bowl with carination at the shoulder; two strap handles with an ivy-leaf with tendrils and volutes underneath; the underside of the bowl with a frieze of four satyrs and four maenads performing a dance, the maenads dressed in fancy Ionian dress, long peplos and himation, and a kekrykephalos (hair net) on their heads, and holding a thyrsus in their right hands; the centre of the cup showing dancing Silenus and a nymph, dressed in a similar manner and holding a thyrsus, border of meanders and chequered squares surrounding; restored.
ProvenanceEx Dr Gonik and the late Mr Wirth, 1960-1970s.
Private collection, Switzerland.
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.12573-232109.
Cf. the Harvard Art Museums, museum number 1959.124, for a similar kylix in Topper, K., The Imagery of the Athenian Symposium, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2012, p.55, fig. 22; see another similar example of such Attic red-figure deep-bowled kylix in the Cleveland Museum of Art, inv. no.1915.718 (Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection), also representing Satyrs and Maenads; another similar, with a Maenad fighting a Satyr within the tondo, in Yale University Art Gallery, inv. no.2016.147.1.
FootnotesSilenus, the only individualised satyr, was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus, and he is represented here in the place of honour. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue (thiasos) and his representation on the tondo symbolises respect towards his senior position.
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LOT 0066
Greek Red-Figure Kylix with Dancing Nymphs and Satyrs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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Greek Bronze Kouros Patera Handle with Bowl
Archaic, circa 480 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
The handle formed as a nude youth supporting a panel of double volutes and half-palmettes, long braided hair falling at the back of the neck and on his forehead; the legs joined and ankles extended, the feet enclosed in pointed shoes, palmette below; accompanied by the bowl with inverted rim, a pair of parallel lines to the outer rim; the handle and part of the rim detached and mounted separately on the custom-made display stand. 1.35 kg total, 45.5 cm high including stand
with Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00075168. 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 search certificate no.12462-228709.
Anthropomorphic handles with images of young naked boys connected with animals were widespread and used for mirrors. The object, in particular, is part of the group of mirrors and paterae with standing youths (male and female, probably symbolising athletes) and nude female mirror caryatids (Mitten-Doeringer, 1968, figs.87-88) serving as vertical handles. -
Greek Red-Figure Kylix with Dancing Nymphs and Satyrs
Attic, 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
With short stem and broad bowl with carination at the shoulder; two strap handles with an ivy-leaf with tendrils and volutes underneath; the underside of the bowl with a frieze of four satyrs and four maenads performing a dance, the maenads dressed in fancy Ionian dress, long peplos and himation, and a kekrykephalos (hair net) on their heads, and holding a thyrsus in their right hands; the centre of the cup showing dancing Silenus and a nymph, dressed in a similar manner and holding a thyrsus, border of meanders and chequered squares surrounding; restored. 875 grams, 37 cm wide
Ex Dr Gonik and the late Mr Wirth, 1960-1970s. Private collection, Switzerland. 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.12573-232109.
Silenus, the only individualised satyr, was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus, and he is represented here in the place of honour. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue (thiasos) and his representation on the tondo symbolises respect towards his senior position. -
Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Hollow-formed figurine of a female wearing a himation seated on a high-backed chair with right hand in her lap and left arm bent over the back of the chair; triangular vent to reverse, hollow underside; Tanagra type. 255 grams, 13.8 cm
Collection of Mr C., Geneva, Switzerland (1936-2016), assembled between 1985 and 2010.
