Lot Essay
For other winged sphinxes by the Micali Painter compare the fragmentary amphora from Chiusi, now in Palermo, no. 54 in Spivey, The Micali Painter and His Followers.
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THE PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA AND LID
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MICALI PAINTER, CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA AND LID
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MICALI PAINTER, CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
The body with four winged sphinxes walking to the left, each with an elongated torso and a long tail, the wings curving upward at their tips, the face in profile with a sloping nose and a slight smile, her wavy hair falling down her neck, with a lotus bud beneath her torso, and above her flank, vines in the field, the shoulders each with three birds moving left, with raised wings, small beaks and fanning tail feathers, an ivy leaf in front of three of the birds; the neck with a palmette on each side; details in added white; the lid with concentric rings and a central knob
16½ in. (41.9 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MICALI PAINTER, CIRCA 510-500 B.C.
The body with four winged sphinxes walking to the left, each with an elongated torso and a long tail, the wings curving upward at their tips, the face in profile with a sloping nose and a slight smile, her wavy hair falling down her neck, with a lotus bud beneath her torso, and above her flank, vines in the field, the shoulders each with three birds moving left, with raised wings, small beaks and fanning tail feathers, an ivy leaf in front of three of the birds; the neck with a palmette on each side; details in added white; the lid with concentric rings and a central knob
16½ in. (41.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with Acanthus Gallery, New York, 1993.
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