Lot 70
70
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LIDDED PYXIS
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK CITY PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LIDDED PYXIS

ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF THE PENTHESILEA PAINTER, CIRCA 450 B.C.

Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LIDDED PYXIS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF THE PENTHESILEA PAINTER, CIRCA 450 B.C.
5 ½ in. (13.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with N. Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Geneva.
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above, 1987.
A Manhattan Private Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 25 October 2017, lot 91.
A Manhattan Private Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 31 October 2018, lot 55.

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Lot Essay

For a pyxis of slightly different form with related scenes of women making sacrifices and with dogs and hares on the lid, see the example by the Painter of London D 12 in the Kunstsammlungen, Bochum, p. 963, no. 98 in J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase-painters.

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