Lot 48
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE EPINETRON FRAGMENT
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE EPINETRON FRAGMENT

CIRCA 550-500 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE EPINETRON FRAGMENT
CIRCA 550-500 B.C.
The central scene with frieze of gods including Dionysos seated on x-framed stool, wearing wreath and holding rhyton, Athena mounting quadriga, wearing high crested helmet and carrying two spears, Hermes standing in front, with head turned back, wearing broad-brimmed petasos, winged sandals and holding caduceus, an attendant on the far right, band of rays around the thigh edge, with moulded scale pattern above, details incised and in added red
10 in. (25.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired on the French art market in 1982.
Accompanied by a French passport.
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Lot Essay

Epinetra were used as thigh guards by women to protect their clothes against the oil whilst weaving or rolling wool. More elaborate examples were given as temple offerings or used as grave goods for unmarried girls. For similar cf., no. 1814.0704.1205 in the British Museum, which shows a scene of domestic weaving on one side and a symposium on the other. A number of known epinetra have been attributed to the Golonos Group, cf. J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, New York, 1978, pp. 480-481.

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