Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Property of a Gentleman
An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora, circa 500-490 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 6, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
An Attic Black-figured Neck Amphora
circa 500-490 B.C.
with disk foot, slightly concave handles, and torus mouth, one side painted with bearded Dionysos moving to right and holding a kantharos, and flanked by a dancing maenad on the left and a dancing satyr holding a wineskin on the right, the other side with a maenad and two satyrs dancing and playing krotala; rays above the foot, tongues on the shoulder, palmettes on the neck, a triangular graffito under the foot, details in added white.
Height 29.2 cm.
Harry Harmon Chamberlin, 1873-1951, American historian, journalist, and Harvard University professor, acquired in Europe in the late 19th century, then by descent
Christie’s, New York, December 13th, 2013, no. 80, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Christie’s, New York, December 13th, 2013, no. 80, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale