Lot Essay
For a similar centaur on a fragmentary amphora in the Vatican see no. 109 in Spivey, The Micali Painter and His Followers.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE U.S. COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED STAMNOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MICALI PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED STAMNOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MICALI PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Each side with a centaur depicted with human forelegs, his head turned back, his long hair flowing over his shoulder, walking to the left on one side, wielding a long frond in his raised left hand, a plant below, a blossom upper right; walking to the right on the other side, a frond in each hand, a plant to the right, a blossom upper left; large tongues above, a band of key low on the neck, vertical lines on the rim
15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MICALI PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Each side with a centaur depicted with human forelegs, his head turned back, his long hair flowing over his shoulder, walking to the left on one side, wielding a long frond in his raised left hand, a plant below, a blossom upper right; walking to the right on the other side, a frond in each hand, a plant to the right, a blossom upper left; large tongues above, a band of key low on the neck, vertical lines on the rim
15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva, 1997.
with Frederick Schultz, New York, 1998.
with Frederick Schultz, New York, 1998.
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