AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED KYLIX IN SIX'S TECHNIQUE

CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED KYLIX IN SIX'S TECHNIQUE
CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The tondo with a nude athlete carrying a wreath in his right hand, chlamys draped over his left arm, on each side of the exterior two himation clad youths, one holding a wreath, scrolling palmettes under the handles
9½ in. (24 cm.) diam. excl. handles

Provenance

with Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich.
Private collection, Switzerland; acquired 1976.

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Lot Essay

This kylix is an example of the rare 'Six's technique', identified by the Dutch scholar Jan Six in 1888. Six's technique combines the use of incision characteristic of black-figure vase painting, with the red-figure technique's focus on brightly coloured individual figures against a dark lustrous background; the figures were painted in red over a black background with details incised so that the black showed through. It was a short-lived technique, lasting one generation, being less wear-proof and less easy to manage for the painter.

For similar, cf. J. M. Padgett, Vase-Painting in Italy: Red Figure and Related Works in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1993, pp.237-8, nos 157-8.

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