Property from the Collection of Professor and Mrs. Clifford Ambrose Truesdell
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ASTEAS-PYTHON WORKSHOP, CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
Details
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ASTEAS-PYTHON WORKSHOP, CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
One side with a seated female, a mantle draped around her hips and legs leaving her torso bare, a wreath in her right hand, a skewer of fruit and a fillet in her left; the other side with a standing nude youth, his mantle draped over his left forearm, a wreath in his lowered right hand, a thyrsos in his left; palmettes below the handles, a band of wave on the shoulders, palmettes on the neck, details in added white
9¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ASTEAS-PYTHON WORKSHOP, CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
One side with a seated female, a mantle draped around her hips and legs leaving her torso bare, a wreath in her right hand, a skewer of fruit and a fillet in her left; the other side with a standing nude youth, his mantle draped over his left forearm, a wreath in his lowered right hand, a thyrsos in his left; palmettes below the handles, a band of wave on the shoulders, palmettes on the neck, details in added white
9¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Galerie Arete, Zurich.
with Charles Ede, London, 1994.
with Charles Ede, London, 1994.
Sale room notice
Please note this vase is Paestan, rather than Campanian and has been attributed to the Asteas-Python Workshop.
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