Lot 56
56
A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED AMPHORA OF PANATHENAIC SHAPE
PROPERTY OF A WASHINGTON, D.C. PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED AMPHORA OF PANATHENAIC SHAPE

ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA 420-400 B.C.

Details
A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED AMPHORA OF PANATHENAIC SHAPE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA 420-400 B.C.
12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Fine Antiquities and Tribal Art, Christie's, New York, 13 December 1980, lot 52.
Mark L. Davison, New York, acquired from the above.
N. David Nelson (1918-2003), Washington, DC., gifted from the above, 1981; thence by descent to the current owner, 2003.

Lot Essay

During the 5th century B.C., Attic pottery dominated the export market and was in such high demand that local South Italian workshops developed, strongly influenced by Attic style but produced exclusively for local markets. This vase was produced in Lucania, an ancient district of southern Italy and copies the shape of Panathenaic vases produced in Greece during the same period. The vases of the first generation are almost indistinguishable from their Attic contemporaries.

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