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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE CLASS OF ATHENS 581; THE MARATHON PAINTER CIRCA 500-490 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
Attributed to the Class of Athens 581; the Marathon Painter
Circa 500-490 B.C.
With Dionysus at the center seated on a folding stool (diphros okladias), clad in a tightly-wrapped striped himation, a wreath in his hair, holding a large rhyton, flanked by dancing maenads who look over their shoulders at the god, with vines in the field, a dotted net pattern above, lotus bud chain on the shoulders, and vertical lines on the neck
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) high
Attributed to the Class of Athens 581; the Marathon Painter
Circa 500-490 B.C.
With Dionysus at the center seated on a folding stool (diphros okladias), clad in a tightly-wrapped striped himation, a wreath in his hair, holding a large rhyton, flanked by dancing maenads who look over their shoulders at the god, with vines in the field, a dotted net pattern above, lotus bud chain on the shoulders, and vertical lines on the neck
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 14 December 1987, lot 266
The J.L. Theodor Collection
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 17 December 1998, lot 96
The J.L. Theodor Collection
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 17 December 1998, lot 96
Literature
Heesen, The J.L. Theodor Collection of Attic Black-Figure Vases, Allard Pierson Series, vol. 10, no. 14.