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FIVE ATTIC VASE FRAGMENTS

Lot 25
17.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1037613
Lot 25 | FIVE ATTIC VASE FRAGMENTS
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
FIVE ATTIC VASE FRAGMENTS

CIRCA MID 6TH-LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Comprising one from a black-figured lip-cup with a dog hunting a hare (circa 550-530 B.C.); one from a black-figured lip-cup attributed to the Tleson Painter with a striding sphinx (circa 540 B.C.); one from a red-figured kylix attributed to the Ambrosios Painter with the head of a youth wearing a wreath (circa 510-500 B.C.); one from red-figured krater attributed to the Group of Polygnotos with a bearded male figure and the ends of wings (circa 440-420 B.C.); and one from a red-figured kylix with a youth draped in a himation (circa late 5th century B.C.)

4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) long (fragment with a dog hunting a hare)





Provenance

Black-figured lip-cup fragment (with a dog chasing a hare) and the black-figured lip-cup fragment (attributed to Tleson Painter):

Dr. Volker Gross (1912-1993), Bad Nauheim, Germany.

A Private Collection of Greek Vases and Terracottas, Christie's London, 3 July 1996, lot 46 (part).



Red-figured kylix fragment (attributed to the Ambrosios Painter):

with H.A.C. Kunst der Antike, Basel, 1990 (Werker antiker Kleinkunst, Katalog 2, no. 74).

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1990.



Red-figured krater fragment (attributed to the Group of Polygnotos):

Dr. Volker Gross (1912-1993), Bad Nauheim, Germany.

A Private Collection of Greek Vases and Terracottas, Christie's London, 3 July 1996, lot 71 (part).

with Peter Sharrer, New Jersey, acquired from the above.

Arthur S. Richter (1944-2016), Oakland, acquired from the above, 1996.

Antiquities, Hindman Auctions, Chicago, 18 November 2021, lot 160.



Red-figured kylix fragment (with a youth draped in a himation):

with H.A.C. Kunst der Antike, Basel.

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1994.



Literature

Black-figured lip-cup fragment (with a dog chasing a hare):

P. Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 6-7, n. 40; p. 222, n. 1354.



Black-figured lip-cup fragment (attributed to the Tleson Painter):

K. Vierneisel and B. Kaeser, eds., Kunst der Schale, Kultur des Trinkens, Munich, 1990, pp. 171, 481, no. 28.3.

P. Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 204, 219, no. 405, pl. 111,d.

Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 31920.



Exhibited

Black-figured lip-cup fragment (attributed to the Tleson Painter):

Munich, Antikensammlung, Kunst der Schale, Kultur des Trinkens, 16 September 1990-30 April 1991.
Medium:Ceramic
Art style:Ancient Art
Historical era:Classical antiquity, Archaic Period
Place of origin:Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe
Category:Fragment
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities
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