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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED HYDRIA
MANNER OF ANTIMENES, CIRCA 540-520 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED HYDRIA
MANNER OF ANTIMENES, CIRCA 540-520 B.C.
The main panel with a departure scene, with a youthful charioteer stepping into the cart and holding the reins of the four horse team, one horse with its head lowered, the charioteer clad in a chlamys draped loosely over his left shoulder, an archer, an armed warrior and a female attendant beside them facing left, the archer wearing a high striped, pointed hat, his quiver in his left hand, his bow over his right shoulder, the warrior armed with a crested Corinthian helmet and a shield, the female wearing a patterned chiton and a himation that she holds at the hem, a figure before the horses looking back, draped in a patterned himation pulled up over his head, a long staff in his right hand, framed by bands of ivy; the predella with two animal confrontations, both between a lion and a boar; the shoulders with a bearded man seated at the center wearing a striped himation, surrounded by three horsemen and two foot soldiers, all nude but for the figure at the far left (partially preserved) who wears a mantle over the shoulder, all carrying spears; alternating red and black tongues above, rays above the foot, details in added white and red
19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm.) high
MANNER OF ANTIMENES, CIRCA 540-520 B.C.
The main panel with a departure scene, with a youthful charioteer stepping into the cart and holding the reins of the four horse team, one horse with its head lowered, the charioteer clad in a chlamys draped loosely over his left shoulder, an archer, an armed warrior and a female attendant beside them facing left, the archer wearing a high striped, pointed hat, his quiver in his left hand, his bow over his right shoulder, the warrior armed with a crested Corinthian helmet and a shield, the female wearing a patterned chiton and a himation that she holds at the hem, a figure before the horses looking back, draped in a patterned himation pulled up over his head, a long staff in his right hand, framed by bands of ivy; the predella with two animal confrontations, both between a lion and a boar; the shoulders with a bearded man seated at the center wearing a striped himation, surrounded by three horsemen and two foot soldiers, all nude but for the figure at the far left (partially preserved) who wears a mantle over the shoulder, all carrying spears; alternating red and black tongues above, rays above the foot, details in added white and red
19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with E. Segredakis, acquired prior to 1940.
with N. Koutoulakis, Geneva.
with N. Koutoulakis, Geneva.
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