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RELATED TO THE READY PAINTER, CIRCA 550 B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED HYDRIA
RELATED TO THE READY PAINTER, CIRCA 550 B.C.
The body with a youthful horseman in the center moving right, wearing a short chiton and a flaring himation, a spear in his left hand, two draped men standing before him, the nearer bearded, each holding a spear, and two male figures standing behind, one nude but for a chlamys over his arm, holding a spear and a wreath, and the other draped, holding a spear; framed on either side by a double row of ivy; the shoulder panel with a horseman, similarly clad, moving right between two draped figures and two sphinxes with their heads turned back, a band of alternating red and black tongues above; with rays above the foot, some details in added white and red
11 7/8 in. (30.1 cm.) high
RELATED TO THE READY PAINTER, CIRCA 550 B.C.
The body with a youthful horseman in the center moving right, wearing a short chiton and a flaring himation, a spear in his left hand, two draped men standing before him, the nearer bearded, each holding a spear, and two male figures standing behind, one nude but for a chlamys over his arm, holding a spear and a wreath, and the other draped, holding a spear; framed on either side by a double row of ivy; the shoulder panel with a horseman, similarly clad, moving right between two draped figures and two sphinxes with their heads turned back, a band of alternating red and black tongues above; with rays above the foot, some details in added white and red
11 7/8 in. (30.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Atelier Amphora S.A., Lugano, 1994.
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