Lot Essay
For Naples Painter column kraters with symposia cf. J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figured Vase Painters, vol. II, Oxford, 1963, pp. 1097-98 nos. 24-29.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE NAPLES PAINTER, CIRCA 460-450 B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED COLUMN KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE NAPLES PAINTER, CIRCA 460-450 B.C.
The obverse with a symposium scene with four men reclining on cushions, on two klinai, a black wineskin on each couch, the first youth with head turned to right, the second bearded, with head turned to right, holding a phiale, the third beardless, head turned to left with hand raised behind, the fourth bearded, holding a phiale, all gazing at a draped female standing in front playing the auloi, two tables in front laden with food, footstool under one couch, pair of boots under the other, two food baskets hanging above; the reverse with two draped youths standing either side of a draped female; double dotted bands framing the scenes, band of rays above, lotus bud chain around neck and on upper surface of rim, palmettes on handle plates, double dots around rim edge
15½ in. (39.4 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE NAPLES PAINTER, CIRCA 460-450 B.C.
The obverse with a symposium scene with four men reclining on cushions, on two klinai, a black wineskin on each couch, the first youth with head turned to right, the second bearded, with head turned to right, holding a phiale, the third beardless, head turned to left with hand raised behind, the fourth bearded, holding a phiale, all gazing at a draped female standing in front playing the auloi, two tables in front laden with food, footstool under one couch, pair of boots under the other, two food baskets hanging above; the reverse with two draped youths standing either side of a draped female; double dotted bands framing the scenes, band of rays above, lotus bud chain around neck and on upper surface of rim, palmettes on handle plates, double dots around rim edge
15½ in. (39.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with Nina Borowski, Paris.
Private collection, Switzerland; acquired in Paris in 1969.
Private collection, Switzerland; acquired in Paris in 1969.
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