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LOT 0116
Greek Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidian Painter
ATTIC, CIRCA 420-400 B.C.
4 1/4 in. (95 grams, 10.9 cm).
Comprising a bulbous body with narrow neck and handle to the rear; radiating petals on the neck with a band of volute scrolls below, the body showing a female in a dynamic pose, dressed in an elaborate long dress and holding a plate of fruit with her left hand, a seated female before her; attributed to the Meidian Painter; some restoration. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Prof. Dr Hans (1918-1984) and Dr Ines (1922-2013) Jucker, classical archaeologists, Bern, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12645-236462.
Literature
Cf. CVA Geneva, 4.12,2; for a similar lekythos in Bruxelles Museum Nicole, H., Meidias et le style fleuri dans la ceramique attique, Genève, 1908, pl.VII,3.
Footnotes
Dancing women are a characteristic of the Meidian Painter. They are depicted as young women, wearing Doric costumes, earrings, pearls surmounting diadems, and golden bracelets, holding a patera and (probably originally here too) a thimiaterion.
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LOT 0116
Greek Red-Figure Squat Lekythos Attributed to the Meidian Painter
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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