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ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF NAPLES 2585, CIRCA 325 B.C.
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A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED LEBES GAMIKOS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF NAPLES 2585, CIRCA 325 B.C.
The obverse with the three goddesses in preparation for the Judgment of Paris, Hera seated to the right, her left arm along her lap, her right arm bent toward her face, two ladders in the field, fully-armed Athena beside her to the left, her body frontal but looking back toward Hera, armed with a spear, a shield and a plumed high-crested helmet, her aegis worn over her left shoulder and below her right breast, Aphrodite to the left gazing into a mirror in her raised right hand, a fillet in her lowered left, winged Eros to the left, a palmette on the shoulders between molded heads in relief on foliate backings; the reverse with a seated female to the right, wearing a mantle on her lower body, her torso nude, holding a wreath and a filled patera, a nude youth facing her, stepping onto a volute, holding a wreath and a tambourine, tambourines in the field, tongues on the shoulders flanked by conical knobbed finials; a band of wave encircling below, the inverted U-shaped handles with disk knob finials at the center, details in added white; the domed lid with radiate white and black lines, surmounted by the lower half of a lekanis, perhaps original to the vessel, the underside with a dipinto in black with the letter B; and an ancient lid and finial (not original), with the upper half of a lekanis with palmettes and tendrils, topped with a bottle with scrolling and decorative bands in added white
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high (to the top of the handle knobs)
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high (as arranged)
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF NAPLES 2585, CIRCA 325 B.C.
The obverse with the three goddesses in preparation for the Judgment of Paris, Hera seated to the right, her left arm along her lap, her right arm bent toward her face, two ladders in the field, fully-armed Athena beside her to the left, her body frontal but looking back toward Hera, armed with a spear, a shield and a plumed high-crested helmet, her aegis worn over her left shoulder and below her right breast, Aphrodite to the left gazing into a mirror in her raised right hand, a fillet in her lowered left, winged Eros to the left, a palmette on the shoulders between molded heads in relief on foliate backings; the reverse with a seated female to the right, wearing a mantle on her lower body, her torso nude, holding a wreath and a filled patera, a nude youth facing her, stepping onto a volute, holding a wreath and a tambourine, tambourines in the field, tongues on the shoulders flanked by conical knobbed finials; a band of wave encircling below, the inverted U-shaped handles with disk knob finials at the center, details in added white; the domed lid with radiate white and black lines, surmounted by the lower half of a lekanis, perhaps original to the vessel, the underside with a dipinto in black with the letter B; and an ancient lid and finial (not original), with the upper half of a lekanis with palmettes and tendrils, topped with a bottle with scrolling and decorative bands in added white
11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.) high (to the top of the handle knobs)
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high (as arranged)
Provenance
Private Collection, Chicago, early 1980s.
with Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, 29 January 1998, lot 758.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 5 June 1998, lot 246.
Private Collection, New York.
with Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, 29 January 1998, lot 758.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 5 June 1998, lot 246.
Private Collection, New York.
Literature
K. Schauenburg, Studien zur Unteritalischen Vasenmalerei, vol. II, Kiel, 2002, p. 34 and p. 133, no. 131.
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