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CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
One side with a departure scene, the bearded charioteer driving a quadriga to the right, wearing a belted sleeveless chiton, standing in the chariot and holding the reins and a goad, a warrior and an old man in the background, the warrior armed with a crested Corinthian helmet, spears and a circular shield with the forepart of a lion as the blazon, the old man wrapped in a himation, holding a spear, a dog standing to the right; the other side with Dionysos accompanied by two maenads and two satyrs, the god clad in a chiton and himation, a wreath in his hair, holding the stem of a kantharos in his left hand, the maenads wearing chitons and himations, both satyrs nude, that to the left with his head turned back, vines in the field; with rays above the foot, bands of key-pattern and lotus bud chain below the scenes, alternating red and black tongues on the shoulders, palmette lotus chain on the neck, palmettes and lotus buds below the triple-reeded handles, details in added red and white, a graffito on the underside of the foot
15 9/16 in. (39.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
One side with a departure scene, the bearded charioteer driving a quadriga to the right, wearing a belted sleeveless chiton, standing in the chariot and holding the reins and a goad, a warrior and an old man in the background, the warrior armed with a crested Corinthian helmet, spears and a circular shield with the forepart of a lion as the blazon, the old man wrapped in a himation, holding a spear, a dog standing to the right; the other side with Dionysos accompanied by two maenads and two satyrs, the god clad in a chiton and himation, a wreath in his hair, holding the stem of a kantharos in his left hand, the maenads wearing chitons and himations, both satyrs nude, that to the left with his head turned back, vines in the field; with rays above the foot, bands of key-pattern and lotus bud chain below the scenes, alternating red and black tongues on the shoulders, palmette lotus chain on the neck, palmettes and lotus buds below the triple-reeded handles, details in added red and white, a graffito on the underside of the foot
15 9/16 in. (39.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Tokyo Art Market, 1992.