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Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter
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LOT 0060

Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

CIRCA 510-500 B.C.

10 3/8 in. (459 grams, 26.4 cm).

Cylindrical with stepped foot, five palmettes above the shoulder, dynamic frieze of two men visiting two hetairai, each of the figures dressed in long pleated garments, at the centre of the scene, a hetaira on the right reaching towards the bearded male and gently touching his chin with her open hand, a tall draped table behind her with an amphora underneath and a standing bird on the top.

Provenance

H.A.C. (Herbert A. Cahn), 19 October 1979.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12644-236376.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0060

Greek Terracotta White-Ground Painted Lekythos Attributed to the Athena Painter

Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)

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