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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
CIRCA 570 B.C.
Details
A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
CIRCA 570 B.C.
In two registers, the upper with two horseman moving to the right on one side, a lion to the left partially obscured by the handle, a panther to the right below the handle, a siren facing right between a lion and a seated sphinx on the other side, a panther to the right below the handle; the lower register with a goat facing left and a panther facing right on one side, a left-facing goat below the handle to the right, a right-facing panther below the handle to the left, a left-facing goat between panthers on the other side; rays above the foot, a seated panther on each handle-plate, rows of black zigzag on the upper surface of the rim; details in added red
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 570 B.C.
In two registers, the upper with two horseman moving to the right on one side, a lion to the left partially obscured by the handle, a panther to the right below the handle, a siren facing right between a lion and a seated sphinx on the other side, a panther to the right below the handle; the lower register with a goat facing left and a panther facing right on one side, a left-facing goat below the handle to the right, a right-facing panther below the handle to the left, a left-facing goat between panthers on the other side; rays above the foot, a seated panther on each handle-plate, rows of black zigzag on the upper surface of the rim; details in added red
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13-14 July 1987, lot 448.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1998.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1998.
Sale room notice
Exhibited:
Knoxville, Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, History Contained: Ancient Greek Bronze and Ceramic Vessels, 17 September 2005 - 2 January 2006.
Knoxville, Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, History Contained: Ancient Greek Bronze and Ceramic Vessels, 17 September 2005 - 2 January 2006.