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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE LITTLE-LION CLASS, CIRCA 490 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
Attributed to the Little-Lion Class, Circa 490 B.C.
With a youth on horseback moving toward the right, holding two spears in his left arm, the reins in his right hand, flanked by two companions, each nude but for a mantle draped over his arm, each holding a spear, with two leaping lions on the shoulders
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) high
Attributed to the Little-Lion Class, Circa 490 B.C.
With a youth on horseback moving toward the right, holding two spears in his left arm, the reins in his right hand, flanked by two companions, each nude but for a mantle draped over his arm, each holding a spear, with two leaping lions on the shoulders
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) high
Provenance
J.L. Theodor Collection
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 17 December 1998, lot 74
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 17 December 1998, lot 74
Literature
Heesen, The J.L. Theodor Collection of Attic Black-Figure Vases, Allard Pierson Series, vol. 10, no. 16.