Details
A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED STEMLESS KYLIX
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF NEW YORK 69.232, CIRCA 400-380 B.C.
The tondo with a bust of Hermes in profile to the left, wearing a pilos secured with a chin-strap and a chlamys over his shoulders fastened with a circular brooch, holding a kerykeion in his right hand, enclosed within two reserved bands; one side of the exterior with a draped female moving left, a stele before her, a wreath in the field behind; the other side with a nude male striding right, a stele before him, a wreath in the field behind; with palmettes below and flanking the handles
7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1978, lot 186. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 145.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1997.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 1998.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 4 June 1999, lot 23.
Literature
A.D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, Third Supplement (Consolidated), London, 1983, p. 27, no. 366b, pl. IV,3-4.