Lot Essay
For other vases by this painter cf. J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, II, Oxford, 1963, pp. 1429-1431.
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4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE RETORTED PAINTER
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: two satyrs dancing before seated female holding a thyrsos, dancing female to right and seated female to left, bunches of grapes above left satyr and dancing female
Side B: three draped youths, one holding a tambourine, another a strigil
Foliate wreath under rim, palmette under each handle, details in added white
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: two satyrs dancing before seated female holding a thyrsos, dancing female to right and seated female to left, bunches of grapes above left satyr and dancing female
Side B: three draped youths, one holding a tambourine, another a strigil
Foliate wreath under rim, palmette under each handle, details in added white
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in a private collection, Glyn Park, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland, acquired 1950s-1960s. Remains of ink inscribed old collection label on lower body "...Feb [18]72"(?).
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