Lot Essay
Old collection ink number "278" on base.
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LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE NECK AMPHORA
LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: a frontal quadriga, the chariot with two figures, an armed warrior and attendant charioteer
Side B: Dionysos holding a cornucopia and vine tendrils between two dancing bearded satyrs and a maenad
Double palmette chain on the neck, tongues on the shoulder, bands of meander and conjoined lotus buds below, rays above the foot, lotus buds and scrolling palmettes under each handle, details incised and in added red and white, a graffito on the base
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high
LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: a frontal quadriga, the chariot with two figures, an armed warrior and attendant charioteer
Side B: Dionysos holding a cornucopia and vine tendrils between two dancing bearded satyrs and a maenad
Double palmette chain on the neck, tongues on the shoulder, bands of meander and conjoined lotus buds below, rays above the foot, lotus buds and scrolling palmettes under each handle, details incised and in added red and white, a graffito on the base
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the French playwright Maurice Boniface (1862-1945), in the early 20th Century; and thence by descent to the present owner.
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Sale room notice
This amphora is attributed to the Antimenes Painter.