Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE NECK AMPHORA ATTRIBUTED TO THE LYSIPPIDES PAINTER
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: showing the god Dionysos astride a mule, accompanied by two gesticulating nude satyrs, the god wearing an himation and crowned with ivy, vine tendrils in the field
Side B: Dionysos in similar attire, holding the stem of his kantharos in his left hand, vines in his right hand, accompanied by two maenads and a satyr, vine tendrils in the field
Lotus palmette chain on the neck, alternating red and black tongues on the shoulder, a band of lotus buds below, rays above the foot, a quatrefoil of palmettes, lotus buds and tendrils below the reeded handles, details in added red and white, graffiti under the foot
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: showing the god Dionysos astride a mule, accompanied by two gesticulating nude satyrs, the god wearing an himation and crowned with ivy, vine tendrils in the field
Side B: Dionysos in similar attire, holding the stem of his kantharos in his left hand, vines in his right hand, accompanied by two maenads and a satyr, vine tendrils in the field
Lotus palmette chain on the neck, alternating red and black tongues on the shoulder, a band of lotus buds below, rays above the foot, a quatrefoil of palmettes, lotus buds and tendrils below the reeded handles, details in added red and white, graffiti under the foot
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high
Sale room notice
It has been suggested, also, that this amphora could be attributed to the Circle of the Antimenes Painter.