An Attic Black-figured Hydria, attributed to Near the Painter of Vatican G 43, circa 530-520 B.C.

painted with a wedding procession showing a bride and groom riding in a quadriga, accompanied by a woman holding a pair of torches, a man playing the lyre, and a woman carrying a rectangular object, probably a folded garment, on her head, ivy branches flanking the scene, a boar flanked by two lions on the shoulder, rosettes in the field, rays above the foot, tongues below the neck, the details in added red and white, a graffito underneath.

perhaps Castellani Collection
The Property of a Lady [Blakiston Collection] (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, May 22nd, 1919, no. 257, pl. X)
William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, inv. no. SSW 9845 (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Works of Art, Furniture & Architectural Elements collected by the Late William Randolph Hearst, April 5th-6th, 1963, no. 82, illus.)

John D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase-Painters, Oxford, 1956, p. 264

Very good condition overall. The pouring handle and one lifting handle have been reattached and the restoration around the break areas is deteriorating. Minor nicks, scratches, and abrasions.
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