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CIRCA 500-490 B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
CIRCA 500-490 B.C.
The obverse with Hercle and a centaur, the youthful hero depicted nude but for his lionskin, worn as a hood and tied around his neck, the lower paws tied around his waist, wielding his club in his raised right hand, the centaur depicted as a bearded male human joined to equine hind parts, reaching behind to uproot a tree, turning toward Hercle; the reverse with two confronting warriors, both depicted nude, one with an animal pelt draped over his extended left arm, each wearing a Corinthian helmet high on his head, and brandishing a sword in a raised hand, each with a scabbard in added red fastened at the hip, the figure to the left moving left and looking back, a tree before him; each scene framed by a double row of dots, ivy on the exterior of the rim, hatching on the upper surface of the rim
13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 500-490 B.C.
The obverse with Hercle and a centaur, the youthful hero depicted nude but for his lionskin, worn as a hood and tied around his neck, the lower paws tied around his waist, wielding his club in his raised right hand, the centaur depicted as a bearded male human joined to equine hind parts, reaching behind to uproot a tree, turning toward Hercle; the reverse with two confronting warriors, both depicted nude, one with an animal pelt draped over his extended left arm, each wearing a Corinthian helmet high on his head, and brandishing a sword in a raised hand, each with a scabbard in added red fastened at the hip, the figure to the left moving left and looking back, a tree before him; each scene framed by a double row of dots, ivy on the exterior of the rim, hatching on the upper surface of the rim
13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Art Market, Freiburg, 1996.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1999 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. X, no. 128).
Art Market, Kansas City.
Private Collection, Florida.
with Kodner Galleries, Dania Beach, Florida, 2013.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1999 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. X, no. 128).
Art Market, Kansas City.
Private Collection, Florida.
with Kodner Galleries, Dania Beach, Florida, 2013.
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Molly Morse Limmer
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