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CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED EYE-LEKYTHOS
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With a Gigantomachy scene, showing the armed goddess Athena in combat with a fleeing giant, both wearing crested helmets and wielding spears and shields, with a vine tendril in the field, flanked by two large eyes, the shoulder with rays, dots and short strokes, details in added red and white
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With a Gigantomachy scene, showing the armed goddess Athena in combat with a fleeing giant, both wearing crested helmets and wielding spears and shields, with a vine tendril in the field, flanked by two large eyes, the shoulder with rays, dots and short strokes, details in added red and white
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, UK, acquired 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 November 2001, lot 323.
Private collection, UK.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 November 2001, lot 323.
Private collection, UK.
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