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Lot Essay
Active in Athens in the Early Classical period, Makron was among the most prolific artists of red-figured pottery in the early decades of the 5th Century B.C.. He worked almost exclusively with the potter Hieron, whose signature as potter survives on more than 30 Makron vases.
According to J. Boardman (Athenian Red Figure Vases, The Archaic Period, London, 1975, p. 140), most of Makron's vases 'carry groups of men, women and youths, dancing or passing the time of day together with a number of the usual Dionysiac, symposium and athlete subjects'. In his later works his figures are more relaxed and freer in their movement and on his best vases he favours furniture, garments and pillows with detailed decoration, as is the case on the kylix above.
According to J. Boardman (Athenian Red Figure Vases, The Archaic Period, London, 1975, p. 140), most of Makron's vases 'carry groups of men, women and youths, dancing or passing the time of day together with a number of the usual Dionysiac, symposium and athlete subjects'. In his later works his figures are more relaxed and freer in their movement and on his best vases he favours furniture, garments and pillows with detailed decoration, as is the case on the kylix above.