ATTRIBUTED TO THE OINANTHE PAINTER, CIRCA 450 B.C.

Details

AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED COLUMN KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE OINANTHE PAINTER, CIRCA 450 B.C.
14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Thomas Hope (1769-1831), London and Deepdene; and thence by descent to Lord Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope (1866-1941), Deepdene, Surrey, UK.
The Celebrated Collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian Sculpture and Ancient Vases being a portion of The Hope Heirlooms; Christie's, London, 23-24 July 1917, lot 115A.
with Frères Feuardent, Paris.
with Jean Mikas Gallery, Paris.
with Ugo Donati, Switzerland, acquired circa 1940s.
Sergio Columbi, Lugano, 1950s, and thence by descent.
London art market, 2012.

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Please note that the description for this lot should read: An Attic red-figured column krater, near the Oinanthe Painter, circa 450 B.C.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
E. M. W. Tillyard, The Hope Vases, Cambridge, 1923, pl. 21(A).
J. D. Beazley, Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils,Tubingen, 1925, p. 252. no. 5.
J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition, Oxford, 1963, p. 580.
Beazley Archive Pottery database number 206698.

Attributed by Beazley to the Early Mannerist, Oinanthe Painter so named for a hydra in the British Museum (E 182) with the birth of Erichthonios.

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