Greek pottery black-figure lekythos,Greek pottery black-figure lekythos, finely decorated panel with satyr and red-skirted figure in animated conversation, 4th-5th century BC, possibly Athenian, 6-12 in.
Ancient Greek Attic Black FigureAncient Greek Attic Black Figure Lekythospossibly circa 475 - 450 B. C. vertical hatch marks painted around the shoulder the central register with three palmettes alternating with lotus buds above a row of semi-circles.5 in.Scuff at the mouth; wear resulting in some loss of black glaze to the handle; intact and pleasing.The collection of a retired U. S. Foreign Service officer purchased in 1993 from London antiquities dealer Charles Ede and illustrated in his catalog ''Pottery From Athens XIII.'' Customs papers Ede's catalog receipts and the firm's statement of authenticity are included with the lot.
CLASSICAL GREEK BLACK FIGURE LEKYTHOSCLASSICAL GREEK BLACK FIGURE LEKYTHOS 5th - 4th century B.C., attributed to Apulia per a dealer's tag, but possibly Attic; black paint decoration with incised enhancements; the shoulder decorated with palmettes and a lion (or panther), the vessel's body with a scene of three male figures engaged in discourse.
Greek red vessel, Hermes, [lekythos]Greek red vessel, Hermes, [lekythos] form, painter Dessypri, Athens, circa 6th century B.C., 12-1/4 in. Restorations including repairs to neck, partially restored foot, other chips, abrasions and surface losses.
GREEK ATTIC POTTERY WHITE-GROUNDGREEK ATTIC POTTERY WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOSAncient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A slender cylindrical vessel with a pronounced flat foot, a thin neck rising to a flared, flat rim, a small strap handle, and a tapered body. The body is decorated with two panels of cross-hatching, fretted lines enclosing a bifurcated section of leaves and berries. The shoulder displays a radiating register of ray band patterns, with additional black pigment adorning the foot, handle, and rim. Size: 2.375" W x 6.375" H (6 cm x 16.2 cm).
Lekythos vases were among the various offerings and monuments paying tribute to the deceased in Athenian cemeteries. Lekythos vessels traditionally held oil and were decorated in the white ground technique from the middle until the end of the fifth century BCE. The term white ground relates to the light slip coating on the body and shoulder of the vase. Upon this background, motifs were drawn in outline and then hand painted in rich colors. The vast majority of these vessels were created for burial with the dead or to be offerings presented at their graves.
Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010
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#135335
Condition:
Vessel repaired from multiple pieces with some areas of restoration and overpainting, resurfacing, small chips, and light adhesive residue along break lines. Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small chips to rim, handle, shoulder, body, and foot, with fading to some pigmentation, and light roughness across most surfaces. Nice earthen deposits and encrustations throughout.
GREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOSGREEK ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS W/ ZOOMORPHAncient Greece, Athens, ca. early 5th century BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery lekythos - a vessel used to hold perfumes or other scented oils - finely painted via the black-figure technique. The side panel of the ancient vessel depicts a fascinating zoomorphic figure. In addition to this iconographic program is a lovely frieze of a starburst motif on the vessel's shoulder and lustrous black glaze envelops the lower section of the body to the upper surface of the foot as well as the spout and single, gently arching strap handle. Size: 1.75" in diameter x 5.75" H (4.4 cm x 14.6 cm)
Lekythoi were used for storing oil used for a wide variety of purposes in the Classical World. While larger examples were usually designated for keeping olive oil, smaller more delicate examples like this one were reserved for the bath to store precious unguents of sweet and floral aromas. This beautiful vessel was most likely created for an elegant lady's toilette.
Provenance: private Corpus Christi, Texas, USA estate collection, acquired 1960s to 1970s
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#165356
Condition:
Restoration to rim. Repaired from several pieces with restoration over break lines. Nicks, chips, and abrasions throughout with repainting in some areas. Otherwise, very nice with light earthen deposits on interior.
ANCIENT GREEK RED FIGURE LEKYTHOSANCIENT GREEK RED FIGURE LEKYTHOS POTTERY VASE: Ancient Greek most likely 4th-5th century BC red figure lekythos featuring Dionysus with box grape vine and serpent. Originally purchased at the Royal Athena Gallery in New York missing label. 8 1/4'' h. x 3 1/2''.CONDITION: As common with these pieces note restoration and chips
TALL ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOSTALL ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS W/ MALE, FEMALE, TL'DAncient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE. A very fine Attic lekythos painted via the red-figure technique with a figural scene depicting a male and a female figure, the pair facing and engaging with one another. While the female is looking at the man, her feet face the opposite direction as if she is moving/dancing toward her right. She holds a large basket in her left hand and an alabastron in her right. Meanwhile, the male stands in profile, draped in a voluminous cloak, and leaning on a crook or walking stick. A sash with cross motifs and a pair of krotala, wooden clappers that a dancing girl would play while performing, are on the wall between the figures. The krotala suggest the female is an entertainer of a brothel or symposium. Perhaps the young man has come to hire the evening's entertainment. Above the scene is a register of meander and checkerboard motifs; below is a register of repeated tongues. Beautiful palmettes and tendrils adorn the shoulder of the vessel. Size: 11.75" H (29.8 cm) Lekythoi were used for storing oil used for a wide variety of purposes in the Classical World. While larger examples were usually designated for keeping olive oil, smaller more delicate examples were reserved for the bath to store precious unguents of sweet and floral aromas. Given the tall aspect of this piece, it was likely used to store olive oil for special gatherings.This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase. Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s #142822
Condition:
Spout and possibly neck and handle have been restored with some repainting, but very well done and difficult to see. Nicks to rim of spout. Normal surface wear with minor scuffs and nicks; however, the iconography and decorative program are very strong.
ANCIENT GREEK ATTIC BLACK FIGUREANCIENT GREEK ATTIC BLACK FIGURE LEKYTHOS Likely c. 600 BCE - 501 BCE, painted with figural frieze, 6"h x 1.75"w
GREEK TERRACOTTA SHOULDER LEKYTHOSGREEK TERRACOTTA SHOULDER LEKYTHOS OR EWER Greek terracotta shoulder Lekythos or ewer, used for anointing oil in funerary rites, decorated in black on a red ground likely depicting a scene from Heracles and the Erymanthian boar with Iolaus on the right holding a sword and the goddess Athena on the left holding a spear. Approximate dimensions: h. 5.5", dia. 2.40".
(2) ANCIENT GREEK ATTIC BLACK LEKYTHOS(2) ANCIENT GREEK ATTIC BLACK LEKYTHOS Likely c. 600 BCE - 501 BCE, the larger example painted with figural frieze, the smaller with palmette decoration, 7.5"h x 1.75"w (larger), 3.5"h x 2.25"w (smaller)
ANCIENT GREEK ATTIC BLACK FIGUREANCIENT GREEK ATTIC BLACK FIGURE LEKYTHOS Likely c. 600 BCE - 501 BCE, painted with frieze of musicians, 6.25"h x 2"w
GREEK ATTIC BLACK FIGURE POTTERYGREEK ATTIC BLACK FIGURE POTTERY LEKYTHOS Greek Attic black figure pottery lekythos, 7.25"h. Provenance: Property from the estate of Patricia Moffat Pope, San Francisco, CA
GREEK RED-FIGURED CERAMIC LEKYTHOSGREEK RED-FIGURED CERAMIC LEKYTHOS ARYBALLIS, AFTER ANTIQUITY 12 ½" Classical ceramic vessel after antiquity, hand painted with polychrome accented red figures, acanthus and fluted design on black background with antiqued finish, depicting Greek mythology scenes; artificially created superficial distress lines to replicate broken antiquity pieces. Signed "No. 598 Attic red-figured lekythos aryballis 480 BC and signed "G. Lioulias" on the bottom.
GREEK GNATHIAN POLYCHROMED NETGREEK GNATHIAN POLYCHROMED NET LEKYTHOSGreek, possibly 4th century BCE, rounded body, corseted neck surmounted by a funnel form spout, and strap handle, painted black with white crosshatch and linear design, 8-1/8 x 3-7/8 in.
Provenance: Estate of Ben Smith, Newnan, Georgia
Condition:
loss to pigment, some chipping and damage throughout, repair to neck and handle
TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA VESSELS, BLACKTWO GREEK TERRACOTTA VESSELS, BLACK FIGURE & XENON Two Greek terracotta vessels comprising, an Attic black figure shoulder Lekythos or ewer, used for precious oils, of cylindrical form decorated with repeating anthemion; and a miniature Xenon ware Apulian Skyphos, decorated with a band of waves and a band of vertical dashes. Approximate dimensions: Lekythos - h. 5.75", dia. 1.75"; Skyphos - h. 1.25", w. 4.5".
ANCIENT GREEK MANNER PAINTED POTTERYANCIENT GREEK MANNER PAINTED POTTERY VASE Ancient Greek manner hand painted pottery Lekythos vase with gladiator motif, signed "Atelier Phidias" to underside. 10.25" H x 5" Diameter.
GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX W/GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE KYLIX W/ NUDE EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A remarkable pottery kylix adorned with red-figure decoration of nude ephebes and athletes as well as geometric and vegetal designs. The central tondo features a nude male athlete in stride with arms extended as he holds a pair of halteres - dumbbells used for jumping - in his hands before a hurdle. The scene is surrounded by ring of staggered meander motifs. Alternatively, the exterior shows 2 pairs of nude athletes in discussion with one holding a strigil. The pairs are divided by 2 elaborate palmettes with vine designs, each falling beneath each upward-swooping handle. Size: 6.6" L x 9.4" W x 1.9" H (16.8 cm x 23.9 cm x 4.8 cm)
According to the Walter's Museum of Art, "Kylikes were the most common form of drinking vessel in ancient Greece. The exterior was often elaborately decorated, while the tondo in the center was revealed after the contents of the cup were consumed (the scenes were sometimes amusing as well as artistic) ...At the end of a symposium, the reveler might have used this kylix to participate in a game of kottabos, which involved flinging the dregs of his wine from his cup at a target."
Perhaps the most exciting innovation in Greek vessel painting was the red-figure technique, invented in Athens around 525 BCE and beloved by other artists of Magna Graecia. The red-figure technique allowed for much greater flexibility as opposed to the black-figure technique, for now the artist could use a soft, pliable brush rather than a rigid metal graver to delineate interior details, play with the thickness of the lines, as well as build up or dilute glazes to create chromatic effects. The painter would create figures by outlining them in the natural red of the vase, and then enrich these figural forms with black lines to suggest volume, at times perspectival depth, and movement, bringing those silhouettes and their environs to life.
Virtually no ancient Greek paintings have survived the tests of time. This makes the painted compositions found on ceramic vessels like this example invaluable sources of information about ancient Greek visual art. Refined dishes like this kylix were not merely utilitarian pottery, but rather works of art in their own right, highly prized throughout the classical world.
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, December 12, 2017, lot 282; ex-collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feuer, New York, USA, acquired from the 1970s to 1980s
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#178920
Condition:
Professionally repaired and restored with some repainting in areas. Some small nicks and abrasions to surface, but otherwise has a very nice presentation with clear imagery and impressive detail. Old Arte Primitivo collection label on base.
GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMEDGREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIX W/ EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A beautiful pottery kylix, expertly hand-painted with images of ephebes or Greek youths in red-figure technique. Boasting a classically elegant profile, the dish sits upon a pedestal foot, displaying impressively thin walls that flare out to a broad, annular rim flanked by twin, upwards arching handles. A central tondo adorns the basin, featuring a pair of conversing youths swathed in peploi and crowned by thick coiffures. The ephebe on the left is shown in profile facing right and draped in a hemmed himation, while his companion stands with legs crossed, presenting a bare shoulder and arm which he extends outward. A lovely border of meander and cross motifs encircles the scene. The exterior of the vessel showcases similar scenes, presenting a trio of ephebes in avid discourse on each side. All of the figures also wear peploi, as each scene shows 2 of the ephebes confronting - 1 of which extends an arm towards the other - as the third youth observes the discussion. Size: 11.6" Diameter x 4" H (29.5 cm x 10.2 cm)
Three palmette designs embellish the area beneath each handle, while the majority of the kylix is enveloped in a lustrous black glaze, save for the top of the rim and handles, as well as the edge of the foot and a slender circle that surrounds the base of the leg.
Virtually no ancient Greek paintings have survived the tests of time. This makes the painted compositions found on ceramic vessels like this example invaluable sources of information about ancient Greek visual art. Refined dishes like this kylix were not merely utilitarian pottery, but rather works of art in their own right, highly prized throughout the classical world.
Perhaps the most exciting innovation in Greek vessel painting was the red-figure technique, invented in Athens around 525 BCE and beloved by other artists of Magna Graecia. The red-figure technique allowed for much greater flexibility as opposed to the black-figure technique, for now the artist could use a soft, pliable brush rather than a rigid metal graver to delineate interior details, play with the thickness of the lines, as well as build up or dilute glazes to create chromatic effects. The painter would create figures by outlining them in the natural red of the vase, and then enrich these figural forms with black lines to suggest volume, at times perspectival depth, and movement, bringing those silhouettes and their environs to life.
According to the Walter's Museum of Art, "Kylikes were the most common form of drinking vessel in ancient Greece. The exterior was often elaborately decorated, while the tondo in the center was revealed after the contents of the cup were consumed (the scenes were sometimes amusing as well as artistic) ...At the end of a symposium, the reveler might have used this kylix to participate in a game of kottabos, which involved flinging the dregs of his wine from his cup at a target."
A nearly identical kylix decorated with red-figure youths was published in Sotheby's London's sale catalogue for 11 December 1989 as lot 130 on pages 74 and 78.
Provenance: private Wabasha, Minnesota, USA collection; ex-Nancy and Dr. E.F. Simpson collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from 1970 to 2000
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#171822
Condition:
Professionally repaired and restored with repainting over break lines. Break lines visible in some areas. A few areas of over-painting. Perforation at center of basin. Expected surface wear with minor chipping to rim and foot, as well as some small nicks and abrasions, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent with great remaining pigment and detail.
ANCIENT GREEK CERAMIC KYLIXAncientANCIENT GREEK CERAMIC KYLIXAncient Greek Ceramic Kylix , well with incised decoration, h. 2 in., w. 9 in., d. 6 3/8 in Provenance: Collection of Brooke and Maria Fox, Metairie, LA
ANCIENT GREEK MINIATURE POTTERYANCIENT GREEK MINIATURE POTTERY JUG, EX-MUSEUM Probably 700-300 BCE, lekythos oil jug, black and red slip glazed terracotta, the jar vessel with handle, decorated with a fan-like leaf design, accession number in red near bottom, securely mounted on a turntable display stand with custom storage box, 2.125"h x 1.5"dia (jug)
ANCIENT GREEK FOOTED CUP, REPRODUCTIONANCIENT GREEK FOOTED CUP, REPRODUCTION Ex-museum, copy of a Classical Period (c. 480 BC) Greek kylix, a shallow, wide drinking cup used on ceremonial occasions, decorated with a woman with a lyre offering a drink to a raven, 2.5"h x 6.75"dia
ATTIC BLACK FIGURE LEKYTHOS
ATTICA,ATTIC BLACK FIGURE LEKYTHOS
ATTICA, CIRCA 450-500 B. C. the body with a single strap handle decorated with a scene depicting Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion created via the black figure technique with incised details18.5cm highProvenance: Ex collection H.W. Norsheim before 1980
TALL GREEK GNATHIAN POLYCHROMETALL GREEK GNATHIAN POLYCHROME NET LEKYTHOSMagna Graecia, South Italy, probably Gnathian, ca. 325 BCE. An opulent pottery lekythos boasting a refined silhouette with an ovoid body, a sloped shoulder, an attenuated neck, and a collared rim, all sitting upon a discoid base as an arched handle attaches neck to shoulder edge. The sophisticated vessel is adorned with black and white applied pigments that nicely contrast the red terracotta ground, forming a complex decorative program comprised of a fine-line netted pattern that envelops the body and flanked above and below by a horizontal band of crested wave motif. Additional ornamentation beautifies the shoulder, featuring a register of palmettes, a row of repeated, curved lines, and a series of vertical striations that travel up the neck. A lustrous black glaze covers the top half of the neck, the rim, the handle, the bottom of the vessel, and the edge of the foot. Size: 4" Diameter x 8.6" H (10.2 cm x 21.8 cm)
This piece was most likely used for storing olive oil; however, beyond this utilitarian aspect, it has an attractive narrow body and finely painted decorative program, the net motif perhaps referencing sea waters, all amounting to quite a seductive example.
Provenance: private Wabasha, Minnesota, USA collection; ex-Nancy and Dr. E.F. Simpson collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from 1970 to 2000
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#171821
Condition:
Minor stable fissure on rim. A few nicks and abrasions, as well as repainting in areas. Otherwise, intact and excellent with impressive remaining pigments and detail.
A Group of Three Grand Tour Red-FigureA Group of Three Grand Tour Red-Figure and Polychrome Ceramic Vessels 19th c. height of tallest 12 1/2 in. Note: This group of three ceremonial "grave-furnishings" is dominated by a very fine White-Ground Lekythos in the Early Classical taste decorated on a large central field with a female figure seated on a "klismos" chair and approached by a tall winged male figure; both are exquisitely drawn in thin black outline (though the male figure's wings-as well as the suspended ribbons-are tinted in red). The short Red-Figure Column Krater is more conventionally painted with a group of horseman and a battle scene and has an "archaeological" patina; the interesting Squat Lekythos is decorated with a polychrome scene of a seated female figure approached by a crouching winged figure somewhat in the manner of South Italian "Apuleian" wares of the Classical period. The group epitomizes the sophisticated style of the workshop (perhaps in Naples) where these fine Grand Tour ceramics had their origin.
THREE ANCIENT GREEK-STYLE POTTERYTHREE ANCIENT GREEK-STYLE POTTERY REPRODUCTIONS, LATE 20TH C., TWO SIGNED OR MARKED ON BASE, DETAILS INCLUDE: ONE TALL LEKYTHOI WITH...Three Ancient Greek-style pottery reproductions, late 20th C., two signed or marked on base, details include: one tall lekythoi with Icarus type decoration on varigated light blue ground, 16 1/2" h.; an amphora with winged lion decoration by Nicola Fasano, 11" h; and a small pitcher with bust decoration, chips to rim, 6 1/2" h., all pieces with wear consistent with age and use.
GREEK APULIAN GNATHIAN CERAMICGREEK APULIAN GNATHIAN CERAMIC VESSELS, 4 Four articles of ancient Greek Apulian Gnathian ceramic pottery clay blackware comprising one glazed lekythos or oil vessel, one handled oinoche jug with trefoil lip, one footed skyphos with remnants of polychrome decoration, and one ribbed skythos tazza cup raised on a round foot. Oinoche: 5" H x 3" diameter. Provenance: Property from the Upper East Side estate of M.H., a Slovak refugee who seems to have collected in the early 1980s.
THREE SMALL CLASSICAL GREEK TERRACOTTASTHREE SMALL CLASSICAL GREEK TERRACOTTAS To include: Attic lekythos, 5th Century B.C. painted with a running hare (3-1/4 in.) (possible old repairs to spout, neck, and handle); South Italian diminutive skyphos, 4th century B.C., with two registers of swimming fish (1-3/4 in.) (hairline to one handle, small area of loss at rim); South Italian Gnathian ware skyphos with grapevine register, 4th century B.C., (3-3/4 in.)(restored from shards).
Greek Copper Alloy Phiale MesomphalosGreek Copper Alloy Phiale Mesomphalos (Libation Bowl), 4th century BC diameter 6.75 in — 17.1 cm
Greek amphora, satyrs chasing nymphs,Greek amphora, satyrs chasing nymphs, 6th century B.C., 15-3/4 in. Extensive restoration and reconstruction, surface abrasions and losses.
GROUP OF THREE SMALL ATTIC WAREGROUP OF THREE SMALL ATTIC WARE VESSELSComprising:
A lekythos
An urn
A vase with mask handles
The largest 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.
Condition
Each with minor wear. The lekythos with abrasions and small rim chips. The vase with greater wear, losses and encrustations. Otherwise in good condition.
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GREEK LEKYTHOS VASEContemporaryGREEK LEKYTHOS VASEContemporary Greek lekythos vase. Signed on the underside. Chipping to the black paint around the bottom rim
19" H x 4 1/4" base diameter.
ANCIENT GREEK STYLE ARYBALLOS 19thANCIENT GREEK STYLE ARYBALLOS 19th century; Probably Corinthian: Black figure human and animal decoration, on globular single handled pottery wine vessel, 8 in. H., 6 in. Diam.
GREEK POTTERY LIDDED LEKANISAncientGREEK POTTERY LIDDED LEKANISAncient Greece, Classical period, ca. 5th century CE. A wheel-thrown pottery lekanis with a broad lower body and a form-fitting lid. The lower half bears a squat foot, a hemispherical body with a grooved rim, a projecting lip that overhangs the shallow basin, and a pair of curving handles. The wide, bell-shaped lid has a sloping top as well as a protruding discoid handle with a concave central cavity. Lidded lekanides were cosmetic containers that were often gifted to brides by their fathers on their wedding day. Size (w/ lid): 5.6" W x 3.6" H (14.2 cm x 9.1 cm).
Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired before 2010
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#146918
Condition:
Repairs to both handles, with resurfacing and light overpainting along break lines. Minor nicks and abrasions to lower body and lid, with light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and root marks throughout.
GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMEDGREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIX W/ NIKEAncient Greece, Athens / Attic, ca. 6th century BCE. A gorgeous pottery kylix boasting red-figure decoration of a winged Nike (Roman Victoria), the Greek goddess of victory, speed, and strength, holding a wreath before an altar. The divine beauty stands facing right, her hair tied up in a neat bun and crowned by a headband as a long, pleated peplos cascades down her slender body. A ring of stopped meander motif surrounds the goddess. The vessel itself presents a graceful form with a wide, shallow bowl flanked by a pair of horizontal handles, all supported by a pedestal foot. A lustrous black glaze envelops the majority of the vessel, save the interior of the handles, the central red-figure decoration, and the underside of the foot. Just imagine the surprise when one finished their wine only to reveal the beautiful imagery of this winged goddess! Size: 8.3" L x 11.3" W x 3.3" H (21.1 cm x 28.7 cm x 8.4 cm)
Perhaps the most exciting innovation in Greek vase painting was the red-figure technique, invented in Athens around 525 BCE and beloved by other artists of Magna Graecia. The red-figure technique allowed for much greater flexibility as opposed to the black-figure technique, for now the artist could use a soft, pliable brush rather than a rigid metal graver to delineate interior details, play with the thickness of the lines, as well as build up or dilute glazes to create chromatic effects. The painter would create figures by outlining them in the natural red of the vase, and then enrich these figural forms with black lines to suggest volume, at times perspectival depth, and movement, bringing those silhouettes and their environs to life. Beyond this, fugitive pigments made it possible for the artist to create additional layers of interest and detail as we see in this example.
Virtually no ancient Greek paintings have survived the tests of time. This makes the painted compositions found on ceramic vessels like this example invaluable sources of information about ancient Greek visual art. Refined dishes like this kylix were not merely utilitarian pottery, but rather works of art in their own right, highly prized throughout the classical world.
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000
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#178914
Condition:
Professionally repaired with restoration and repainting in areas. Some light surface wear and loss of white pigment, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, very nice presentation with silvery iridescence and good remaining detail. Christie's tag attached to handle. Old Christie's tag attached to handle.
Decorated Greek [krater], two maleDecorated Greek [krater], two male figures, one winged, one wearing toga, geometric borders, anthemion decoration below two handles, 6th century B.C., 11 in. Repaired cracks to base and rim, surface decoration with chips and abrasions.