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ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF WURZBURG H 5379 CIRCA 340 B.C.
Details
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURE AMPHORA
attributed to the painter of wurzburg h 5379
circa 340 b.c.
One side with Dionysus, a cista in his left hand, a thyrsus in his right, a mantle draped over his arms and behind his body, a fillet in his hair; the other side with a standing draped female figure facing a nude youth stepping on to a rock, a profile female head on either side of the neck, with a band of dotted lozenge above a band of laurel on the shoulder, a band of wave below the scenes, palmette complexes below the handles
17.13/16 in. (25.2 cm.) high
attributed to the painter of wurzburg h 5379
circa 340 b.c.
One side with Dionysus, a cista in his left hand, a thyrsus in his right, a mantle draped over his arms and behind his body, a fillet in his hair; the other side with a standing draped female figure facing a nude youth stepping on to a rock, a profile female head on either side of the neck, with a band of dotted lozenge above a band of laurel on the shoulder, a band of wave below the scenes, palmette complexes below the handles
17.13/16 in. (25.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 9 December 1985, lot 367
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 159
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 159
Literature
Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum, no. 381, pl. 119, c-d.