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ATTRIBUTED TO PYTHON, CIRCA 340 B.C.
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A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
Attributed to Python, Circa 340 B.C.
One side with a satyr, nude but for a beaded bandolier, a panther skin drpaed over his left arm, a phiale in his raised left hand, a wreath hanging from his fingers, a thyrsus leaning against his left arm, offering an egg to an eager hound, an altar to the right; the other side with a standing veiled woman draped in a himation over a black chiton with a dotted border, holding a hydria in her left hand, a wreath with a hanging fillet in the field, a short column to the left; a large fanning palmette below each handle, with a split palmette on either side of the handles, a band of laurel below the rim, a band of wave below the scenes
12¼ in. (31.1 cm) high
Attributed to Python, Circa 340 B.C.
One side with a satyr, nude but for a beaded bandolier, a panther skin drpaed over his left arm, a phiale in his raised left hand, a wreath hanging from his fingers, a thyrsus leaning against his left arm, offering an egg to an eager hound, an altar to the right; the other side with a standing veiled woman draped in a himation over a black chiton with a dotted border, holding a hydria in her left hand, a wreath with a hanging fillet in the field, a short column to the left; a large fanning palmette below each handle, with a split palmette on either side of the handles, a band of laurel below the rim, a band of wave below the scenes
12¼ in. (31.1 cm) high
Provenance
Sir William Hamilton
Thomas Hope, London
C. E. Galt, Stockholm
Thomas Hope, London
C. E. Galt, Stockholm
Literature
Tischbein, Collections of Engravings from Ancient Vases Discovered in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Between 1789-90, Now in the Possession of Sir William Hamilton, p. 29-30.
Trendall, Paestan Pottery, no. 135.
Trendall, "Paestan Pottery: a Revision and a Supplement," no. 180.
Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum, no. 315.
Trendall, Paestan Pottery, no. 135.
Trendall, "Paestan Pottery: a Revision and a Supplement," no. 180.
Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum, no. 315.