IN THE MANNER OF THE LYCURGUS PAINTER, CIRCA SECOND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED KNOB-HANDLED PATERA
IN THE MANNER OF THE LYCURGUS PAINTER, CIRCA SECOND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Anton (1921-2002) and Theresia (1945-2019) Dürr-Meienhofer collection, Zurich; thence by descent to current owners.

Literature

A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, First Supplement to the Red-figured vases of Apulia, London, 1983, p. 58, no. 39a, pl. VI,4, “Close Associates of the Lycurgus Painter."

Exhibited

On loan to the Archaeological Collection of the University of Zurich 1982-2022.

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Lot Essay

The interior depicting an Amazon on horseback, wearing an elaborate costume and panther skin, holding a long spear, attacking a panther, within a complex freeform foliate setting. The exterior with a central figure of winged Eros flanked by draped females. The other side with central seated draped female, flanked by winged Eros and a draped female. For a patera with Amazons driving a quadriga see G. Schneider-Herrmann, Apulian Red-Figured Paterae, London, 1977, nos 175-176.

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