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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO HERMONAX, CIRCA 450 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO HERMONAX, CIRCA 450 B.C.
The obverse with a departure scene, a youth in the center standing frontally, wearing leather boots, a chlamys and a petasos hanging over his shoulders, the chape of his sword hanging behind him, two spears in his left hand, his head turned towards a bearded man standing to the left, draped in a himation, leaning on a walking stick, a draped woman to the right, a fillet in her hair, holding an oinochoe in her lowered left hand and a phiale in her right; the reverse with a veiled woman in the center looking towards a bearded man leaning on a walking stick, a youth to the left also leaning on a stick; with a band of meander with saltire squares below each scene, and a band of laurel and a thin band of tongues encircling below the rim
14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO HERMONAX, CIRCA 450 B.C.
The obverse with a departure scene, a youth in the center standing frontally, wearing leather boots, a chlamys and a petasos hanging over his shoulders, the chape of his sword hanging behind him, two spears in his left hand, his head turned towards a bearded man standing to the left, draped in a himation, leaning on a walking stick, a draped woman to the right, a fillet in her hair, holding an oinochoe in her lowered left hand and a phiale in her right; the reverse with a veiled woman in the center looking towards a bearded man leaning on a walking stick, a youth to the left also leaning on a stick; with a band of meander with saltire squares below each scene, and a band of laurel and a thin band of tongues encircling below the rim
14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Toronto.
Ancient Greek Vases formerly in the Private Collection of Dr. Elie Borowski, Christie's, New York, 12 June 2000, lot 103.
Ancient Greek Vases formerly in the Private Collection of Dr. Elie Borowski, Christie's, New York, 12 June 2000, lot 103.
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