ID 998847
Lot 16 | AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED KYLIX
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
ATTRIBUTED TO MAKRON AS PAINTER AND SIGNED BY HIERON AS POTTER, CIRCA 490-480 B.C.
13 in. (33 cm.) diam. excl. handles
Provenance
with Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, as per Beazley Pottery Database Archive entry.
Dr Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Basel, 1950s-1980s.
Japanese Corporate Collection.
Ancient Greek Vases Formerly in the Private Collection of Dr. Elie Borowski, Christie's, New York, 12 June 2000, lot 76.
Dr Walter Gilbert, Cambridge, acquired from the above in 2000.
Beazley Pottery Database Archive no. 2573.
Literature
K. Schauenburg, "Herakles bei Pholos: zu zwei frührotfigurigen Schalen," Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Mitteilungen 86, 1971, pp. 51-54, pls. 38-41.1.
R. Guy. in N. Leipen et al., Glimpses of Excellence, A Selection of Greek Vases and Bronzes from the Elie Borowski Collection, Toronto, 1984, no. 10.
M. Bettini (ed.), La maschera, il doppio e il ritratto, strategie dell'identita, Bari, 1991, p. 144, fig. 9. (part).
F. Frontisi-Ducroux, Du Masque au Visage, Aspects de l'identite en Grece ancienne, Paris, 1995, pl. 53a.
N. Kunisch, Makron, Mainz, 1997, p. 165, pl. 21, no. 47.
J. Gebauer, Pompe und Thysia, attische Tieropferdarstellungen auf schwarz und rotfigurigen Vasen, Munster, 2002, p. 749, fig. 205(I).
C. Kondoleon and R.A. Grossmann et.al., MFA Highlights, Classical Art, Boston, 2008, no. 126.
Exhibited
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 18 December 1984 - 30 June 1985.
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Sale Room Notice
Please note the second line of provenance for this lot should read ‘Dr Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Basel, 1950s-1980s.’
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