ATTRIBUTED TO THE CLASS OF ATHENS 581, CIRCA 500-475 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CLASS OF ATHENS 581, CIRCA 500-475 B.C.
8 ¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high

Provenance

with N. Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Geneva.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1989.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The Class of Athens 581 was devised by J.D. Beazley to group lekythoi of a related shape, make, and pattern work. He considers most of the lekythoi in this class to be the work of the Painter of Athens 581 and from the same workshop as those by the Marathon Painter (see Attic Black-figure Vase-Painters, pp. 489-503). For a related lekythos in Oxford also with rays extending up the neck, see BAPD no. 305324.

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