AN ATTIC WHITE GROUND LEKYTHOS, attributed to the Painter of Munich 2335, circa 440 B.C.

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AN ATTIC WHITE GROUND LEKYTHOS, attributed to the Painter of Munich 2335, circa 440 B.C.

Depicting a woman (upper part and feet only preserved), her brown hair tied in a bun, holding out a plemochoe towards a tall flat-topped stele which is mounted on two steps. A black striped taenia is tied around the stele half way up. To the right stands a man, with fair curly hair, dressed in a red painted himation, looking towards the stele, his right hand dropped languidly

The shoulder is decorated with palmette scrolls, with a band of tongues above and a frieze of meanders below

Condition: repaired and cleaned in modern times; painting faint or missing; the himation outline which would have been in purple is missing

11 3/8in. (28.9cm.) high

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Ars Antiqua AG, Auktion II, Luzern, 14 May 1960, II, p. 60, no. 164, pl. 67; Sotheby's sale catalogue, London, 11 December 1961, lot 149; Beazley ARV², 1168, 139 bis