CIRCA 510-500 B.C.

Details

A LARGE ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE AMPHORA (TYPE A)
CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
Side A: Dionysos mounting four-horse chariot with Ariadne, a satyr stands on far side playing the kithara, a maenad with head turned back walks beside the horses, another at the front wearing pelt over shoulders with goat following behind
Side B: Four-horse chariot with charioteer and hoplite, the warrior wearing high crested helmet and carrying large shield, another running beside horses, an archer walks behind wearing Scythian dress, a pointed cap, patterned trousers and tunic, a woman stands facing the horses in front
The panels with double palmette and lotus chain band above, the handles with ivy frieze on their outer edges and a palmette on reserve below, rays radiate from the foot
Graffito (Type 2F) on base
Repaired with restoration
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Giuseppe Bassegio collection, Rome: sold Sotheby's London, 13 July 1838, lot 37.
Edward Davies Davenport (1778-1847) of Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire, and his younger brother the Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley (1787-1862) of Wootton Hall, Staffordshire, and thence by descent.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Guide to Capesthorne Hall, Including a Description of the Special Exhibition "Treasures from Italy", 1956-1958.
C. Vermeule and D. von Bothmer, 'Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain', Part 3:1, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 63, No. 2, April 1959, pp. 147-148, no. 4.
A. W. Johnston, Trademarks on Greek Vases Addenda, Oxford, no. 3b (forthcoming publication).

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