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PROPERTY FROM A LONDON COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA
CIRCA 475-425 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA
CIRCA 475-425 B.C.
The obverse with a standing female facing right, wearing a pleated chiton with a himation over, her head turned to look back over her shoulder towards a flaming columnar altar, flames in added red, her hair bound with a fillet, her right arm placed on her hip; the reverse with a male youth facing left, his hair bound in a fillet, wrapped in a tightly-bound himation, both scenes with a band of key as the groundline, details in added red
13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 475-425 B.C.
The obverse with a standing female facing right, wearing a pleated chiton with a himation over, her head turned to look back over her shoulder towards a flaming columnar altar, flames in added red, her hair bound with a fillet, her right arm placed on her hip; the reverse with a male youth facing left, his hair bound in a fillet, wrapped in a tightly-bound himation, both scenes with a band of key as the groundline, details in added red
13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1985, lot 264, when acquired by the present owner.
Beazley archive no. 14896.
Beazley archive no. 14896.
Brought to you by
Georgiana Aitken
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