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LOT 0052

Lucanian Red-Figure Skyphos with Naked Warrior Rider

4TH CENTURY B.C.

8 7/8 in. (550 grams, 22.7 cm wide).

With stepped foot and two loop handles to the rim; Side A: nude male with short curly hair bestriding a galloping stallion and gripping the bridle; Side B: male standing with mantle tightly draped around the body; palmette and volute scroll beneath each handle.

Provenance

Private collection, 1970s.
with Hotel des Ventes, Genève, 8-11 December 2008, no.623.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00036548.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12516-232110.
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.

Literature

Cf. Trendall, A.D.I., ‘Paestan Pottery: a Revision and a Supplement, in Papers of the British School at Rome, 1952, no.20, pp.1-53, pl.V,b, for similar form of skyphos with different iconography.

CONDITION

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LOT 0052

Lucanian Red-Figure Skyphos with Naked Warrior Rider

Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,720

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