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Property from a Private Family collection, New Jersey
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
The body with a bearded warrior in a high-crested helmet standing beside a horse, a bearded man seated on a stool before them, wearing a striped himation over an ankle-length chiton, holding a staff hooked at the end, a bearded nude male standing behind him with a spear in his right hand, a mantle draped over his left arm, to the far right a flying bird before a standing bearded figure wearing a striped himation over an ankle-length chiton, a nude youth behind him, moving right and looking back, a spear in his right hand, a mantle draped over his left arm; the shoulders with a cock and a hen at the center, to the right a seated male with a staff and a nude youth, to the left a seated male, a running youth and a standing figure; tongues above, rays on the neck, details in added white and red
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
The body with a bearded warrior in a high-crested helmet standing beside a horse, a bearded man seated on a stool before them, wearing a striped himation over an ankle-length chiton, holding a staff hooked at the end, a bearded nude male standing behind him with a spear in his right hand, a mantle draped over his left arm, to the far right a flying bird before a standing bearded figure wearing a striped himation over an ankle-length chiton, a nude youth behind him, moving right and looking back, a spear in his right hand, a mantle draped over his left arm; the shoulders with a cock and a hen at the center, to the right a seated male with a staff and a nude youth, to the left a seated male, a running youth and a standing figure; tongues above, rays on the neck, details in added white and red
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1990, lot 259.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 December 1996, lot 108.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 December 1996, lot 108.
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