Lot Essay
For another amphora of the same shape by a painter of Group E, previously on the German market, see Beazley Archive Database no. 6540.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. CHARLES W. NEWHALL, III
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA OF PANATHENAIC SHAPE
ATTRIBUTED TO GROUP E, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA OF PANATHENAIC SHAPE
ATTRIBUTED TO GROUP E, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
With a continuous frieze around the body, composed of thirteen warriors in combat, each fully armed with a corslet, greaves, a spear, a circular shield and a Corinthian helmet, some with high crests, some with low crests, some with two plumes, the shields with a variety of devices as the blazon including a star, a disk, a chariot box, a leaf, and two with a tripod, one side with a warrior falling, his legs folded beneath him, his right arm reaching back to break his fall, the other side with one warrior kneeling, his head obstructed by a shield, and one warrior falling forward on his knees and looking back; alternating red and black tongues encircling above, double palmette and lotus chain on the neck, rays above the foot, details in added white and red
16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO GROUP E, CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
With a continuous frieze around the body, composed of thirteen warriors in combat, each fully armed with a corslet, greaves, a spear, a circular shield and a Corinthian helmet, some with high crests, some with low crests, some with two plumes, the shields with a variety of devices as the blazon including a star, a disk, a chariot box, a leaf, and two with a tripod, one side with a warrior falling, his legs folded beneath him, his right arm reaching back to break his fall, the other side with one warrior kneeling, his head obstructed by a shield, and one warrior falling forward on his knees and looking back; alternating red and black tongues encircling above, double palmette and lotus chain on the neck, rays above the foot, details in added white and red
16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with N. Koutoulakis, Paris and Geneva, 1970s.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, 2000 (Kunst der Antike, Katalog 14, no. 134).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 June 2002, lot 54.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, 2005.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, 2000 (Kunst der Antike, Katalog 14, no. 134).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 June 2002, lot 54.
with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, 2005.
Literature
Beazley Archive Database no. 24907.
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