Lot Essay
For other vases by this painter cf. J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, II, Oxford, 1963, pp. 1429-1431.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE RETORTED PAINTER, CIRCA 380-360 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE RETORTED PAINTER, CIRCA 380-360 B.C.
Side A: two satyrs dancing before seated female holding a thyrsos, dancing female to right and seated female to left, bunches of grapes above left satyr and dancing female
Side B: three draped youths, one holding a tambourine, another a strigil
Foliate wreath under rim, palmette under each handle, details in added white
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE RETORTED PAINTER, CIRCA 380-360 B.C.
Side A: two satyrs dancing before seated female holding a thyrsos, dancing female to right and seated female to left, bunches of grapes above left satyr and dancing female
Side B: three draped youths, one holding a tambourine, another a strigil
Foliate wreath under rim, palmette under each handle, details in added white
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Glyn Park, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland; acquired in the 1950s-1960s. Remains of ink inscribed old collection label on lower body '...Feb [18]72'(?).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 April 2005, lot 107.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 April 2005, lot 107.
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