AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS

ATTRIBUTED TO THE GROUP OF LEYDEN 1957, CIRCA 480 B.C.

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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE GROUP OF LEYDEN 1957, CIRCA 480 B.C.
7 5⁄8 in. (19.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Iris Cornelia Love (1933-2020), New York, acquired 1956.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2014.
Literature
D. von Bothmer, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, New York, 1961, p. 60, no. 236, pl. 82.
J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, second edition, Oxford, 1963, p. 724, no. 1.
B. Hannegan, et al., Classical Antiquities from the Collection of Miss Iris Love, Durham, 1965, no. 43.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 208906.
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, 17 December 1959-28 February 1960.
Durham, Duke University, Art Department Gallery, Classical Antiquities from the Collection of Miss Iris Love, 25 January-24 February 1965.
The Brooklyn Museum, 1968-2002 (Loan no. L68.11.17).

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Lot Essay

Depicted on this lekythos is Nike flying to the right and holding a wreath in both outstretched hands. Beazley notes that the Group of Leyden 1957 is akin to vases by the Painter of Copenhagen 3830 and may in fact be by the same hand.

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