Lot Essay
For a skyphos with similar disparate handles by the Penthesilea Painter see no. 889.166 in J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters.
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PENTHESILEA GROUP, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED SKYPHOS
PENTHESILEA GROUP, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
One side with a hunter beside his horse in profile to the right, the youth wearing a short chlamys and a petasos, holding two spears, his right arm extending forward, the horse with its left legs advanced, its tail curving behind; the reverse with two standing draped youths, that to the left holding a branch in his extended right hand, looking back, that to the right bending forward leaning on his staff; a band of stopt meander centered by a crossed-square below the rim on each side, palmette complexes with scrolling volutes below the disparate handles, a heart-shaped palmette with scrolling tendrils on the strap handle
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
PENTHESILEA GROUP, CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
One side with a hunter beside his horse in profile to the right, the youth wearing a short chlamys and a petasos, holding two spears, his right arm extending forward, the horse with its left legs advanced, its tail curving behind; the reverse with two standing draped youths, that to the left holding a branch in his extended right hand, looking back, that to the right bending forward leaning on his staff; a band of stopt meander centered by a crossed-square below the rim on each side, palmette complexes with scrolling volutes below the disparate handles, a heart-shaped palmette with scrolling tendrils on the strap handle
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
Provenance
with Gillian C. Sloane, Notting Hill, London.
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above on 23 May 1964.
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above on 23 May 1964.
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