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Lot Essay
The Triptolemos Painter, who takes his name from a vase depicting the departure of the demi-god Triptolemos, started his career as a cup-painter but later turned his hand to a variety of vase shapes. According to J. Boardman (p. 139 in Athenian Red-Figure Vases: The Archaic Period), he was "an accomplished and versatile artist," who J.D. Beazley admired for his “accomplished, strong, pure” expression of late Archaic art.
In the tondo of this elegant kylix is an arming scene within a band of meander. On the left stands a warrior, wearing a short chiton and breastplate, holding a sword in his left hand. He leans forward to accept a spear from a boy, who holds a circular shield with a snake as the blazon. To the left of the warrior is a crested Corinthian helmet hanging on a hook.
In the tondo of this elegant kylix is an arming scene within a band of meander. On the left stands a warrior, wearing a short chiton and breastplate, holding a sword in his left hand. He leans forward to accept a spear from a boy, who holds a circular shield with a snake as the blazon. To the left of the warrior is a crested Corinthian helmet hanging on a hook.