Lot Essay
For a related example see no. 159, p. 102 in Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases.
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ANCIENT VASES FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM SUDDABY
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LYDION
CIRCA 550 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LYDION
CIRCA 550 B.C.
The body with a frieze of five water birds walking to the right, each with a long curving neck and upraised wings, pseudo inscriptions in the field; a band of alternating black, red and white ivy leaves on the shoulders, alternating red and black tongues above the foot, a thin band along the rim, details in added red and white
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 550 B.C.
The body with a frieze of five water birds walking to the right, each with a long curving neck and upraised wings, pseudo inscriptions in the field; a band of alternating black, red and white ivy leaves on the shoulders, alternating red and black tongues above the foot, a thin band along the rim, details in added red and white
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 October 1994, lot 42.
Literature
A.J. Paul, Exhibition catalogue, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, Tampa, 2001, no. 11, illus.
Exhibited
Tampa Museum of Art, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, 14 October 2001-13 January 2002.