AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED OVOID NECK-AMPHORA

NEAR THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE F6, CIRCA 560-550 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED OVOID NECK-AMPHORA
near the painter of louvre f6, circa 560-550 b.c.
One side with a swan between a pair of sirens with upraised sickle-shaped wings, the other side with a swan between a pair of panthers, their tails raised above their backs, a broad band below, each side of the neck with a bearded head in profile to the left framed by vertical zigzag lines, with rays above the foot, incised rosettes on the body, a tongue pattern on the shoulders, and a molded ring at the join of the neck to the body
12½ in. (31.75 cm) high

Lot Essay

The Painter of Louvre F6, together with the Painter of Vatican 309, is a close companion of the painter Lydos. According to Beazley in Attic Black-figure Vase-painters, p. 114, "the difference between the three painters comes out in the human scenes; the wild animals are in a single style--whether one artist painted them all, or whether subordinates had so assimilated the master's animal style that we cannot tell one hand from another."

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