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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CANADIAN COLLECTION
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
CIRCA 530-510 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
CIRCA 530-510 B.C.
One side with Apollo Kitharoidos in the center, flanked by Artemis and Leto, the god clad in a chiton and a himation, holding the plectrum in his right hand, the goddesses similarly clad, a deer standing beside them; the other side with a departure scene centered by a warrior, facing left but looking back, standing between two draped females, the warrior armed in greaves and a crested Corinthian helmet, holding a circular shield and two spears, his dog beside him facing right; alternating red and black tongues on the shoulders, double palmette and lotus chain on the neck, lotus-bud chain encircling below, rays above the foot, a quatrefoil of palmettes, lotus buds and spiralling tendrils below each triple-reeded handle, details in added white and red
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 530-510 B.C.
One side with Apollo Kitharoidos in the center, flanked by Artemis and Leto, the god clad in a chiton and a himation, holding the plectrum in his right hand, the goddesses similarly clad, a deer standing beside them; the other side with a departure scene centered by a warrior, facing left but looking back, standing between two draped females, the warrior armed in greaves and a crested Corinthian helmet, holding a circular shield and two spears, his dog beside him facing right; alternating red and black tongues on the shoulders, double palmette and lotus chain on the neck, lotus-bud chain encircling below, rays above the foot, a quatrefoil of palmettes, lotus buds and spiralling tendrils below each triple-reeded handle, details in added white and red
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Art Market, Geneva.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York, 1999.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York, 1999.
Brought to you by
Molly Morse Limmer
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