AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS

ATTRIBUTED TO THE ALTENBURG CLASS, CIRCA 500 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ALTENBURG CLASS, CIRCA 500 B.C.
With a youthful Dionysos reclining at the center, leaning on a pillow, a rhyton in his right hand in added white, a wreath in his hair, a himation wrapped around his left shoulder and legs, leaving most of his upper torso bare, a seated maenad before him presenting a box, a bearded ithyphallic satyr to the left, another satyr to the right, vines in the field; lotus bud chain on the shoulders; details in added red and white (mostly lost)
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) high
Provenance
Kinnaird Collection, England, acquired in the 1900s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 December 2001, lot 432.

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