Lot Essay
This pelike is in a manner recalling the work of the Flying-Angel Painter.
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THE PROPERTY OF THE MORVEN COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PELIKE
CIRCA 480-470 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PELIKE
CIRCA 480-470 B.C.
One side with an ithyphallic man walking to the left, with a silen-like visage, bald pate and full beard, wearing a fillet in added red, holding a skyphos in his left hand, its rim inscribed kalos, his right arm projecting forward; the other side with an ithyphallic youth walking to the right but looking back, wearing a fillet in added red, with a chlamys draped over his left arm, a knobbed walking stick in his right hand, on a reserved groundline; a band in added red encircling the vase below, graffiti on the underside of the foot
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
CIRCA 480-470 B.C.
One side with an ithyphallic man walking to the left, with a silen-like visage, bald pate and full beard, wearing a fillet in added red, holding a skyphos in his left hand, its rim inscribed kalos, his right arm projecting forward; the other side with an ithyphallic youth walking to the right but looking back, wearing a fillet in added red, with a chlamys draped over his left arm, a knobbed walking stick in his right hand, on a reserved groundline; a band in added red encircling the vase below, graffiti on the underside of the foot
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1983, lot 330.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1983.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1983.