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ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE NICOSIA OLPE, CIRCA 530 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED SKYPHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE NICOSIA OLPE, CIRCA 530 B.C.
One side with an arming scene, a bearded warrior standing at the center, wearing a short chiton and one greave, his right knee raised to don the other, a high-crested Corinthian helmet on the ground below, flanked by four attendants including two bearded draped male figures to the left, one standing and one seated, each holding a staff, a standing female figure and a seated youth to the right, the female clad in a peplos and holding a shield and a spear, the draped youth seated on a stool and holding a spear, two inward-facing sphinxes with sickle-shaped wings flanking the scene; the other side with a bearded figure in the center seated on a stool, wearing a long chiton and holding a staff, flanked by two standing draped female attendants, two nude youths holding spears, and two inward-facing sphinxes; with tongues above the foot, a double row of ivy below the rim, details in added red and white
11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) wide; 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE NICOSIA OLPE, CIRCA 530 B.C.
One side with an arming scene, a bearded warrior standing at the center, wearing a short chiton and one greave, his right knee raised to don the other, a high-crested Corinthian helmet on the ground below, flanked by four attendants including two bearded draped male figures to the left, one standing and one seated, each holding a staff, a standing female figure and a seated youth to the right, the female clad in a peplos and holding a shield and a spear, the draped youth seated on a stool and holding a spear, two inward-facing sphinxes with sickle-shaped wings flanking the scene; the other side with a bearded figure in the center seated on a stool, wearing a long chiton and holding a staff, flanked by two standing draped female attendants, two nude youths holding spears, and two inward-facing sphinxes; with tongues above the foot, a double row of ivy below the rim, details in added red and white
11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm.) wide; 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York [N 6735].
Estate of the Late Joseph Brummer; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 11-14 May 1949, lot 177.
Joaquin Gumá, Conde de Lagunillas, Havana [54].
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 33.
Estate of the Late Joseph Brummer; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 11-14 May 1949, lot 177.
Joaquin Gumá, Conde de Lagunillas, Havana [54].
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 33.
Literature
J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase-painters, Oxford, 1956, p. 453, no. 32/10.