Lot 24
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS

ATTRIBUTED TO THE LITTLE LION CLASS, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE LITTLE LION CLASS, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 5⁄8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
Provenance
with Münzen und Medaillen, Basel.
Dr. Roland Hartmann (1922-2007), St. Gallen, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1973; thence by descent.
Kunst- und Antiquitäten-Auktion, Auktion 148, Schuler, Zurich, 19, 21-23 March 2018, lot 1227.

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Lot Essay

The Little Lion Class takes its name from a group of lekythoi which feature a tapering body incurving sharply above the foot and are most often decorated on their shoulders with lions, as here, or other miniature decoration. The class is closely associated with the work of the Sappho Painter, who may have invented the shape (see p. 149 in J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases).

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