AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE PELIKE ATTRIBUTED TO THE GERAS PAINTER

5TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE PELIKE ATTRIBUTED TO THE GERAS PAINTER
5TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: bearded man, right hand on hip and feet crossed, wearing an himation, facing to right and holding a lyre, on groundline
Side B: bearded man standing in profile to the left, closely wrapped in an himation, holding a crooked staff, on groundline
A palmette under each handle, repaired with restoration
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J. H. Oakley et al., Athenian Potters and Painters, Oxbow Monograph 67, 1997, no. 126; sold Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1972, lot 140.

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