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ATTRIBUTED TO THE PIG PAINTER, CIRCA 480-470 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
attributed to the pig painter, circa 480-470 b.c.
The obverse with a bearded male worshipper offering a sprig to an ithyphallic image of the god Hermes, the worshipper wearing a himation draped over his left shoulder and arm, a fillet in his hair, holding a walking stick in his left hand, the sprig in his right, the Herm on a stepped platform, a patterned and fringed covering hanging in front, a wreath in the hair, a pinax or votive plaque hanging between, the pinax painted with a figure in black, wearing a mantle, standing with legs crossed at ease, the neck with a chain of dotted lotus bud; the reverse with a single figure of a draped man walking to the left but looking back, a walking stick in his right hand; with rays above the foot
171/8 in. (43.49 cm) high
attributed to the pig painter, circa 480-470 b.c.
The obverse with a bearded male worshipper offering a sprig to an ithyphallic image of the god Hermes, the worshipper wearing a himation draped over his left shoulder and arm, a fillet in his hair, holding a walking stick in his left hand, the sprig in his right, the Herm on a stepped platform, a patterned and fringed covering hanging in front, a wreath in the hair, a pinax or votive plaque hanging between, the pinax painted with a figure in black, wearing a mantle, standing with legs crossed at ease, the neck with a chain of dotted lotus bud; the reverse with a single figure of a draped man walking to the left but looking back, a walking stick in his right hand; with rays above the foot
171/8 in. (43.49 cm) high
Provenance
Münzen und Medaillen, Basel
Literature
Beazley, Paralipomena, p. 389, no. 21bis (who credits Cahn as the attributer).
Guy in Leipen, et al., Glimpses of Excellence, A Selection of Greek Vases and Bronzes from the Elie Borowski Collection, no. 15.
Carpenter, Beazley Addenda, (564.21bis).
Guy in Leipen, et al., Glimpses of Excellence, A Selection of Greek Vases and Bronzes from the Elie Borowski Collection, no. 15.
Carpenter, Beazley Addenda, (564.21bis).
Exhibited
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 18 December 1984 to 30 June 1985