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Property from a Connecticut Private Collection
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PELIKE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLORENCE PAINTER, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PELIKE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLORENCE PAINTER, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with a nude satyr pursuing a maenad, stepping forward with his left leg, reaching toward her with his left arm, his right arm behind, with a bald pate, snub nose and beard, his abdominal muscles rendered in dilute glaze, the maenad fleeing her aggressor but looking back, draped in a himation over a chiton; the reverse with two facing draped youths, one holding a staff; both scenes framed by ovolo above, a double row of dots on either side
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLORENCE PAINTER, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with a nude satyr pursuing a maenad, stepping forward with his left leg, reaching toward her with his left arm, his right arm behind, with a bald pate, snub nose and beard, his abdominal muscles rendered in dilute glaze, the maenad fleeing her aggressor but looking back, draped in a himation over a chiton; the reverse with two facing draped youths, one holding a staff; both scenes framed by ovolo above, a double row of dots on either side
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1978, lot 199.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21-22 November 1985, lot 55.
with Antiqua, Los Angeles, 1996 (Catalogue IV, no. 11).
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1997 (Pottery from Athens, XV, no. 22).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21-22 November 1985, lot 55.
with Antiqua, Los Angeles, 1996 (Catalogue IV, no. 11).
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1997 (Pottery from Athens, XV, no. 22).