TWO ETRUSCAN VASES WITH SUPERPOSED COLOR

CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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TWO ETRUSCAN VASES WITH SUPERPOSED COLOR
Circa Mid 5th Century B.C.
Including a kyathos with two athletes holding jumping weights and two draped youths, with palmettes between them, and a palmette on the interior of the single handle; and a hydria with a draped youth gesturing toward a youth holding a wreath, flanked by descending bands of ivy; together with an Etruscan long-handled cup, circa late 4th century B.C., the tondo with a female head in profile to the left wearing a sakkos, a similar head on either side of the exterior between palmettes; with an Attic "style" black-figured lekythos, a Corinthian "style" black-figured amphora, and an Etruscan "style" terracotta head
17¾in. (45.1cm.) high for the tallest (6)

Lot Essay

Vases with superposed color, often referred to as the Six's technique after the scholar Jan Six who first studied them, imitates the red-figure technique. Red clay was applied over the black-glazed surface, and the details were incised, much like the earlier black-figure technique.

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