.jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LONDON F1, CIRCA 380 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LONDON F1, CIRCA 380 B.C.
The obverse with Nike driving a quadriga to the left, the goddess with her large wings outstretched, wearing a sleeveless chiton, adorned in bracelets, a beaded necklace, an earring and a radiate stephane, the animated horses galloping, led by Hermes moving left but looking back, wearing his chlamys fastened with a brooch on his chest and a petasos, holding his kerykeion aloft; the reverse with three draped men in profile, a strigil and an aryballos hanging in between; a band of meander and checkered squares encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmette complexes below the handles, dotted ovolo around the handle roots; details in added white
13 7/8 in. (35.3 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LONDON F1, CIRCA 380 B.C.
The obverse with Nike driving a quadriga to the left, the goddess with her large wings outstretched, wearing a sleeveless chiton, adorned in bracelets, a beaded necklace, an earring and a radiate stephane, the animated horses galloping, led by Hermes moving left but looking back, wearing his chlamys fastened with a brooch on his chest and a petasos, holding his kerykeion aloft; the reverse with three draped men in profile, a strigil and an aryballos hanging in between; a band of meander and checkered squares encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmette complexes below the handles, dotted ovolo around the handle roots; details in added white
13 7/8 in. (35.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Monsieur Schaller, Nantua, France.
Pierre Caubel, Montpellier, France, 1976-1993.
Pierre Caubel, Montpellier, France, 1976-1993.
If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.