Lot Essay
Beazley Archive Database no. 9024291.
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NEAR GROUP G, CIRCA 350-325 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
NEAR GROUP G, CIRCA 350-325 B.C.
The obverse with four Amazons, centered by one riding to the left on a horse in added white, wearing a short chiton, spotted leggings and a Phrygian cap, a shield over her shoulder, her head turned back towards a standing Amazon behind her, wearing a chiton and a Phrygian cap in added white, a shield over her shoulder, with two Amazons to the left, both similarly clad but with leggings in added white, one with a shield over her shoulder, dotted rosettes in the field; the reverse with three draped youths; a band of meander and checkered-squares encircling below, laurel below the rim, dotted ovolo framing the handle roots, palmettes and tendrils below the handles; details in added white
13 13/16 in. (35.1 cm.) high
NEAR GROUP G, CIRCA 350-325 B.C.
The obverse with four Amazons, centered by one riding to the left on a horse in added white, wearing a short chiton, spotted leggings and a Phrygian cap, a shield over her shoulder, her head turned back towards a standing Amazon behind her, wearing a chiton and a Phrygian cap in added white, a shield over her shoulder, with two Amazons to the left, both similarly clad but with leggings in added white, one with a shield over her shoulder, dotted rosettes in the field; the reverse with three draped youths; a band of meander and checkered-squares encircling below, laurel below the rim, dotted ovolo framing the handle roots, palmettes and tendrils below the handles; details in added white
13 13/16 in. (35.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, 1978.
Klaus Fischer, Hamburg.
with Gudea Gallery, Paris, 1994.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 9 December 2010, lot 114.
Klaus Fischer, Hamburg.
with Gudea Gallery, Paris, 1994.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 9 December 2010, lot 114.
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