Lot Essay
For a similar composition see the calyx-krater by Asteas, no. 119, pp. 236-237, pl. XIII in Shapiro, Picón and Scott, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art.
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ATTRIBUTED TO ASTEAS, CIRCA 350-340 B.C.
Details
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO ASTEAS, CIRCA 350-340 B.C.
The obverse with Papposilenos facing a seated youthful Dionysos, the white-bearded silen with his left leg stepped up on a rocky outcrop, with tufts of shaggy white hair along his body, wearing a fawn skin with one hoof falling between his legs, a red fillet tied along his balding pate, white cuffs at his ankles, offering a filled phiale and a wreath to Dionysos, the god half draped, and shod, a wreath in his hair, wearing a beaded bandolier and bracelets, holding a kylix in his left hand, an egg in his right, an altar to his left topped with offerings, a wreath, a fillet and a descending ivy vine in the field; the reverse with two standing draped youths, one holding a fillet; a band of wave encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmettes and tendrils below the handles, details in added red and white
11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO ASTEAS, CIRCA 350-340 B.C.
The obverse with Papposilenos facing a seated youthful Dionysos, the white-bearded silen with his left leg stepped up on a rocky outcrop, with tufts of shaggy white hair along his body, wearing a fawn skin with one hoof falling between his legs, a red fillet tied along his balding pate, white cuffs at his ankles, offering a filled phiale and a wreath to Dionysos, the god half draped, and shod, a wreath in his hair, wearing a beaded bandolier and bracelets, holding a kylix in his left hand, an egg in his right, an altar to his left topped with offerings, a wreath, a fillet and a descending ivy vine in the field; the reverse with two standing draped youths, one holding a fillet; a band of wave encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmettes and tendrils below the handles, details in added red and white
11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Brussels, 1970s-1980s.
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