PROPERTY FROM THE ALLEN E. PAULSON LIVING TRUST
A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA 420-400 B.C.
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A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA 420-400 B.C.
The obverse with a woman moving left, wearing a chiton and himation, holding the bridle of a horse tethered to a lopped tree, the horse with its left foreleg raised; the reverse with two draped youths, one with a staff; a band of meander with crossed squares below each scene, a band of laurel encircling above
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA 420-400 B.C.
The obverse with a woman moving left, wearing a chiton and himation, holding the bridle of a horse tethered to a lopped tree, the horse with its left foreleg raised; the reverse with two draped youths, one with a staff; a band of meander with crossed squares below each scene, a band of laurel encircling above
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Marie Laforet, Geneva, 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9-10 July 1984, lot 350.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1984.
with Summa Galleries, Beverly Hills, mid 1980s.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9-10 July 1984, lot 350.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1984.
with Summa Galleries, Beverly Hills, mid 1980s.
Literature
A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, Third Supplement (Consolidated), London, 1983, no. 201a, p. 16.
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