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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE NECK AMPHORA WITH LID, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ANTIMENES PAINTER
Lot 150

AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE NECK AMPHORA WITH LID, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ANTIMENES PAINTER

CIRCA 525 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE NECK AMPHORA WITH LID, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ANTIMENES PAINTER
CIRCA 525 B.C.
Side A: Herakles about to slay the Nemean lion, the hero wearing spotted tunic, with quiver and bow slung over his back, scabbard in his left hand with dagger drawn, his club on the ground
Side B: Dionysos stands holding cornucopia and laden vine trails, flanked by two capering nude satyrs
Trailing palmettes and inverted lotus buds below the handles, rays above the foot and band of linked buds, the neck with double palmette and lotus buds
The lid with concentric bands and ivy trail on rim
Graffito (Type 1D) on base
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high incl. lid

Giuseppe Bassegio collection, Rome: sold Sotheby's London, 13 July 1838, lot 28.
Edward Davies Davenport (1778-1847) of Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, and his younger brother the Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley (1787-1862) of Wootton Hall, Staffordshire, and thence by descent.

Specialist note

PUBLISHED:
Guide to Capesthorne Hall, Including a Description of the Special Exhibition "Treasures from Italy", 1956-1958.
J. M. T. Charlton, 'The Bromley-Davenport Vases', Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. LXXVIII, 1958, p. 19, pl. VIIa/b.
C. Vermeule and D. von Bothmer, 'Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain', Part 3:1, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April 1959, p. 148, no. 5.
J. D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 120, no. 92 bis., attributed by J. M. T. Charlton.
J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases, London, 1974, fig. 189.
L. Bromley-Davenport, Guide to Capesthorne Hall, Sandbach, 1979, p. 10, fig. 13.
C. A. Picón, Classical Antiquities from Private Collections in Great Britain, London, 1986, pp. 20-21, no. 12, pl. III.
J. Burow, Der Antimenesmaler, Mainz, 1989, pl. 155, no. U18.
A. W. Johnston, Trademarks on Greek Vases Addenda, Oxford, no. 12a (forthcoming publication).