CIRCA 470 B.C.

Details

AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE NECK AMPHORA, ATTRIBUTED TO THE MANNER OF HERMONAX
CIRCA 470 B.C.
Side A: Apollo holding kithara, wearing ivy wreath in his hair and a long-sleeved chiton and himation, facing Artemis holding a phiale in her outstretched right hand, a hydria in her left, a young hind in between
Side B: Figure of a youth striding to the right holding a dagger and its sheath, naked save for a chlamys draped over his shoulder and arm, a petasos (travelling hat) hanging around his neck
Details in added red, alternating meander and cross band below, graffito on base, repaired with restoration
14 in. (36 cm.) high

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Prinz Albrecht of Prussia: sold Verschiedener deutscher Kunstbesitz, no. 145, Graupe Auctioneer, Berlin, 29 May 1935, no. 912.
Wilhelm Horn (1870-1959).

Exhibited

Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, I, Oxford, 1963, p. 493, ii, no. 3.
Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974, p. 44, no. 56, pl. 31.

Beazley, op.cit., notes that the amphora is in the tradition of the Berlin Painter, either by Hermonax or near him.

It has been suggested that the unusual graffito on the base is, perhaps, a ligature of pi and upsilon which has been classified as Trademark type 16b, by Alan Johnston. Cf. A. W. Johnston, Trademarks on Greek Vases, Warminster, 1979, no. 16b, 14, for a similar graffito.

See illustrations on page 40.

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