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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED SKYPHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AGATHON PAINTER, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED SKYPHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AGATHON PAINTER, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Depicting a pursuit, possibly of an amorous nature, one side with a youth moving to the right and looking back, wearing a himation draped over his left shoulder and falling over his raised left arm, his muscular torso exposed, holding a larnax, with his right foot behind a starting post, sandals hanging behind; the other side with a youth in profile to the right, clad in a himation draped over his left shoulder, lunging forward with the left leg bent, a starting post behind, his muscular right arm bent back, holding a scepter in his right hand, sandals hanging behind
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AGATHON PAINTER, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Depicting a pursuit, possibly of an amorous nature, one side with a youth moving to the right and looking back, wearing a himation draped over his left shoulder and falling over his raised left arm, his muscular torso exposed, holding a larnax, with his right foot behind a starting post, sandals hanging behind; the other side with a youth in profile to the right, clad in a himation draped over his left shoulder, lunging forward with the left leg bent, a starting post behind, his muscular right arm bent back, holding a scepter in his right hand, sandals hanging behind
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's father, New York, prior to 1980.
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