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PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED HYDRIA
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED HYDRIA
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
The body with a quadriga moving to the right, the right-most horses with their heads projecting forward, the nearer of the left-most in added white, the youthful driver standing in the chariot box, wearing a long belted chiton in added red, holding the reins and a goad in his hands, a bird in flight above the team; framed by double bands of ivy on either side; the shoulders with Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion, gripping one foreleg in his right hand, his left around the lion's neck, framed by four youths, two on either side; with a band of alternating red and black tongues above; rays above the foot, details in added red and white
16 3/16 in. (41.1 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
The body with a quadriga moving to the right, the right-most horses with their heads projecting forward, the nearer of the left-most in added white, the youthful driver standing in the chariot box, wearing a long belted chiton in added red, holding the reins and a goad in his hands, a bird in flight above the team; framed by double bands of ivy on either side; the shoulders with Herakles wrestling the Nemean lion, gripping one foreleg in his right hand, his left around the lion's neck, framed by four youths, two on either side; with a band of alternating red and black tongues above; rays above the foot, details in added red and white
16 3/16 in. (41.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1966, lot 149.
Literature
Beazley Archive no. 13482.
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