A Chalcidian black-figure neck amphora, attributed to the Phineus Painter

CIRCA 520 B.C.

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A Chalcidian black-figure neck amphora, attributed to the Phineus Painter
Circa 520 B.C.
Side A: Confronting panther and grazing deer, with naked horseman and draped male figure looking back below
Side B: Confronting female sphinxes touching paws, a rosette between them, with horseman and flying bird below
A double interlinked lotus and palmette band around the neck, tongues around the shoulder and rays around the base, details in added purple and white, rim of foot chipped
11¾in. (29.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. a similar neck-amphora by the Phineus Painter sold at Christie's London, 10 July 1974, lot 118; and Sotheby's London, 14-15 December 1981, lot 268. Also, cf. Mario Lozzo, Ceramica "Calcidese", Rome, 1994, p. 67.

A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report from the Oxford Research Laboratory for Archaeology accompanies this lot.

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