CIRCA MID-4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN KYLIX IN SUPERPOSED RED
CIRCA MID-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The exterior with two himation-clad youths
9½ in. (24 cm.) diam. excl. handles

Provenance

with Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich.
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1976.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 October 2012, lot 236.
Private collection, Germany, acquired from the above.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

This kylix is an example of the Etruscan superposed red decoration, similar to the Greek 'Six's technique'. First introduced by Attic vase painters in circa 525 B.C., it was developed at Vulci in about 480 B.C. The figures were painted in red over a black background with details incised so that the black showed through.

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