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AN ATTIC BLACK FIGURE NIKOSTHENIC PYXIS ATTRIBUTED TO THE GROUP OF LENINGRAD 1469

SECOND HALF OF 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK FIGURE NIKOSTHENIC PYXIS ATTRIBUTED TO THE GROUP OF LENINGRAD 1469
SECOND HALF OF 6TH CENTURY B.C.
The scene with two groups of two facing and gesticulating standing draped women linked together by a single himation drawn over their heads, the himation decorated with dotted rosettes, behind each of which is an approaching procession of male figures closely wrapped in himations, together with striding youths, a lotus bud frieze below, rays above the foot, repaired with some restoration, lid missing
6¾ in. (17 cm. high), 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Segredakis, Paris.
Collection of Edouard des Courières (1896-1987), acquired prior to 1957.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford, 1956, p. 692.

For an exceptionally close parallel to the scene with two women in one cloak, with men, youth and a warrior's farewell, see a Nikosthenic pyxis in the Cabinet des médailles, Paris, cf. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1, p. 34, pl. 46.10-12; and Beazley, op. cit., p. 302.1. Also see, Beazley, op. cit., p. 302.2 for another Nikosthenic pyxis in CVA: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 2, p. 53, pl. 1.1A-C with warriors' farewell.

Cf. J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases, London, 1993, pls 153 and 267 for this type of pyxis, a new shape introduced by Nikosthenes. Also see, K. Schauenburg, "Zwei Amphoren in deutschen Privatbesitz", Archäologischer Anzeiger, 1976, pp. 213-230 for a discussion on the iconography of women sharing a mantle.

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