Lot 144
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ACHILLES PAINTER
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ACHILLES PAINTER

CIRCA 445-440 B.C.

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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ACHILLES PAINTER
CIRCA 445-440 B.C.
With a standing female figure, facing left, wearing a pleated chiton and wrapped in her himation, holding out an alabastron(?) in her extended right hand, a fillet hanging in field behind, a band of meander above, linked palmettes around the shoulder with rays on the neck
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
Provenance
A. V. Pedlar collection, acquired from Charles Ede Ltd., London, 1972.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Pottery from Athens, 750-350 B.C., Charles Ede Ltd., London, 1972, catalogue no. 9.
C. Ede, Collecting Antiquities, London, 1976, p. 20, no. 46a.
J. H. Oakley, The Achilles Painter, Mainz am Rhein, 1997, p. 129, pl. 70b, fig. 9e, no. 109.

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