Lot 98
98
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
PROPERTY FROM A NEW JERSEY PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER

ATTRIBUTED TO PYTHON, CIRCA 340-330 B.C.

Details
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO PYTHON, CIRCA 340-330 B.C.
The obverse with Dionysus and a seated female, the god standing to the left with a chlamys draped over his left arm, adorned with a beaded bandolier, a thigh band, and a bracelet, a fillet in his hair, holding a thyrsos, the female seated on a rock to the right, a himation wrapped around her legs, adorned in a beaded bandolier and bracelets, a fillet in her hair, her right arm before her, her left lowered behind, perhaps once holding a fillet, a tripod table behind, three fillets in added red in the field; the reverse with two standing draped youths with dotted hems; a band of wave encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmettes and below and framing the handles, details in added red and white
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
Provenance
The Trustees of the Warwick Castle Resettlement; Christie's, London, 11 June 1968, lot 199.
Literature
A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum, Hertford, 1987, p. 159, no. 276.

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Lot Essay

Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwickshire, England, built by William the Conqueror in 1068. The preservation of the land and castle was placed in the hands of the Earl of Warwick, a title that was a symbol of his power and wealth. Over its 950 year history, it has been owned by over 36 different individuals in addition to being under the Royal Crown for several periods. In 1978, the castle was purchased by the Tussaud Group and converted into a visitor site open to the public.
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