AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA

Lot 16
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ID 1076517
Lot 16 | AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA
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£ 70 000 – 90 000
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA

ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE LOUVRE CENTAUROMACHY, CIRCA 440-430 B.C.

13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high





Provenance

Cyrus J. Lawrence (1832-1908), New York; thence by descent.

Illustrated Catalogue of the Art Treasures Collected by the Well-Known Connoisseur, The Late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq., American Art Galleries, New York, 21-22 January 1910, lot 268.

Charles H. Collins, New York, acquired from the above.

Sid and Idelle Port, Santa Monica.

with Charles Ede, London, 2003 (Pottery from Athens, vol. XVII, no. 16).

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2012.



Literature

J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figured Vase-Painters, second edition, vol. II, Oxford, 1963, p. 1094.

V. Torres-Hugon, L'Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire, Saint-Martin-des-Entrées, 2018, p. 104.

M. Squire, J. Cahill, and R. Allen (eds.), The Classical Now, London, 2018, p. 183.

Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 216048.



Exhibited

King’s College London, The Arcade at Bush House and Inigo Rooms at Somerset House, The Classical Now, 2 March-28 April 2018.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2012 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA797).
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