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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED KYATHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE NIKOSTHENIC WORKSHOP, CIRCA 515-505 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED KYATHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE NIKOSTHENIC WORKSHOP, CIRCA 515-505 B.C.
With Athena pursuing two giants, both running to the right with heads looking back, another warrior behind Athena, all with helmets and shields, one shield with human leg blazon, two seated sphinxes with long curving tails on either side of the high-arching handle, with knopped finial and moulded palmette, grape vines in the field, details in added red and white
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE NIKOSTHENIC WORKSHOP, CIRCA 515-505 B.C.
With Athena pursuing two giants, both running to the right with heads looking back, another warrior behind Athena, all with helmets and shields, one shield with human leg blazon, two seated sphinxes with long curving tails on either side of the high-arching handle, with knopped finial and moulded palmette, grape vines in the field, details in added red and white
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Cavadini collection, Sorengo, Switzerland, acquired from Pino Donati Gallery, Lugano, 1960.
with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano, 1999.
with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano, 1999.
Brought to you by
Francesca Hickin
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