 | Apolonia Ancient Art |
|
Home |
|
Attractive Greek Attic Skyphos: Lewis Painter Group browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Greek: Pottery: Pre AD 1000: Item # 949263
Apolonia Ancient Art 290 Fillmore St. #D Denver, CO. 80206 303-321-7351 gallery Guest Book $6875.00 |
|
||||||||||||||
| This attractive Greek ceramic is an Attic Red-figure skyphos that dates circa 460-450 B.C. This piece is approximately 6.8 inches high, by 6.5 inches in diameter at the rim, by 10.25 inches wide across the handles, and is a large example for an Attic skyphos. This piece is also intact, and the four figures seen on this nice piece are very detailed with fine line design drapery. This piece is in superb condition, save for some black glaze loss on and around the handles which is typical for Attic ceramics of this type. This superb piece is also in its "as found" condition, with no overpaint, no repair/restoration, and has some spotty white calcite deposits. Side A has a young woman, holding a mirror, and is seen walking towards a standing male figure who has his hand extended in greeting. Side B has a standing woman that is seen turning back to look at a standing male, who is seen extending his hand in greeting. The base of this vessel has a fine line designed band that runs around the piece and is very detailed, and in addition, there is an extended base ring that adds additional stability to the vessel. This extended base ring is also a common feature of earlier Greek Corinthian type vessels dated circa 7th century B.C. The artistic style of this exceptional vessel has a high degree of eye appeal, with the fine line designed drapery of the figures, and one can easily see the movement that the drapery conveys to the viewer. This piece has been attributed to the Lewis Painter and/or his Group, and an artistic design feature of this group is the design of the standing figures, and they are seen painted from the rim of the vessel down to the ground line. These figures are also very large for the overall size of the vessel, and are approximately 5 inches high. An analogous vessel of this type is seen in Basel, Switzerland, in the Antikenmuseum Und Sammlung Ludwig, inventory no. Bs 426, and Beazley Archive reference no. 276060. (This Basel example also has a draped standing woman holding a mirror, has analogous designed fine line drapery with a fine line designed band below, and an analogous designed extended base ring. The standing woman with the mirror is also defined in the Beazley Archive as a "mistress".) Ex: Private German collection. Ex: Dr. Robert Stark collection. (Additional documentation is available to the purchaser.) I certify that this piece is authentic as to date, culture, and condition: | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Categories | Shops | Join | Terms | Critique | Map | Help | |||
