ATTRIBUTED TO THE MEMNON GROUP, CIRCA 530-510 B.C.

Details

A PSEUDO-CHALCIDIAN BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE MEMNON GROUP, CIRCA 530-510 B.C.
10 ½ in. (26.6 cm.) high

Provenance

W. Watkiss Lloyd (1813-1893), London, gifted to the Royal Society of Literature, London, 1850.
Sold by Order of the Council of the Royal Society of Literature; Antiquities, Christie’s, London, 2 July 1982, lot 248.

Literature

W. Lloyd, Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, London, 1853, pp. 261 and 289-308.
J.D. Beazley, “Review: Chalkidische Vasen by Andreas Rumpf “ Gnomon 4, 1928, p. 330.
H. Payne, “Review: Chalkidische Vasen by A. Rumpf” Journal of Hellenic Studies 48, 1928, p. 122.
H.R.W. Smith, The Origin of Chalcidian Ware, Berkeley, 1932, p. 139, pl. 16.
L. Banti, "Calcidico" in Enciclopedia dell’arte antica, classica e orientale, vol. 2, 1959, p. 265.
F. Canciani, “Amphora aus Vulci und pseudochalkidische Vasen” Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 95, 1980, pp. 146-148, figs. 10-13.

Exhibited

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987-2019 (Loan no. L.1987.25.1).

Lot Essay

Of Psuedo-Chalcidian vases, J. Boardman (p. 219, Early Greek Vase Painting) writes, “They are better represented in Etruria than in the south and their clay differs from true Chalcidian but has something in common with Etruscan clays, so it is just possible that a Chalcidian or two from Rhegion did move north to serve the market.” The Memnon Group was one of only two Psuedo-Chalcidian groups. The obverse of this amphora depicts two warriors on horseback greeted by a youth to the left. The reverse depicts two youths wrestling, with a tripod to the right, doubtless the prize bestowed to the winner of the match.

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