An Attic Red-Figured Bell Krater, attributed to the Painter of Würzburg 523, circa 400-380 B.C.

painted with seated Dionysos attended by two maenads and two satyrs, the maenads’ chitons richly embroidered, three youths wearing voluminous himations conversing on the reverse, the details in added white and touches of red.

Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, acquired in 1819 (Christie’s, London, Greek and Etruscan Vases from Nostell Priory, April 30th, 1975, no. 51, illus.)
Long Island Private Collection (Sotheby’s, New York, June 12th, 1993, no. 121, illus.)
Japanese Private Collection

Abbé H. Campbell, no. 18
J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase-painters, Oxford, 1963, p. 1415, no. 3
Bloomingdale's Catalogue, "Autumn Pleasures," 1986, p. 2
T.H. Carpenter, T. Mannack, and M. Mendonca, Beazley Addenda, 2nd ed., Oxford, 1989, p. 375
Beazley Archive Pottery Database, no. 218022, illus.

Very good and intact. A few minor chips on the edge or the rim and foot.
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Attributed by Peter Corbett to the Painter of Würzburg 523.