ID 1303117
Lot 7 | AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORA (TYPE B)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE NICOSIA OLPE, CIRCA 540-530 B.C.
14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Robert Hess, Basel, acquired by 1960.
with Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1989.
Felix Keller, Herrliberg.
Auktion 3, Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, 19 September 2008, lot 278.
Christian Levett, London, acquired from the above on behalf of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art.
Literature
R. Hess, Raccolta R.H.: Aus einer privaten Antiken-Sammlung, Basel and Stuttgart, 1963, pls. 30-31.
J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 196, no. 8bis.
J. Boardman, "Greek Art," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 63, fig. 18.
M. Merrony, ed., Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins: La collection Famille Levett, Mougins, 2012, p. 32.
M. Burns, "Beware of Greeks bearing arms," Minerva, March/April 2012, p. 26, fig. 4.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 351443.
Exhibited
Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA59).
Musée National du Sport, Nice, Le Corps Sportif, 14 April 2018-16 September 2018.
Musée National du Sport, Nice, Victoires, 6 April-17 September 2023.
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Archaic Period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Category: | Amphora |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Archaic Period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Category: | Amphora |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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