Attic Red Figure Kylix Pottery Fragments, Oltos Painter

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  Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), attributed to the Oltos Painter, ca. 525 to 500 BCE. Two Attic red-figure kylix fragments, the larger one depicting a bearded satyr in profile with an erect penis. He holds a drinking rhyton that is probably filled with wine for Dionysian festivities. A floral vine decorates the field. The smaller fragment shows part of a satyr's body (with tail) and a floral motif. Both fragments have been attributed to the Oltos Painter. For more about the Oltos Painter, see the biographical statement from the J. Paul Getty Museum in the extended description below. Size of largest: 8" W x 5.5" H (20.3 cm x 14 cm); 6.3" H (16 cm) on included custom stand.
  
  According to the J. Paul Getty Museum, "As a vase-painter in Athens in the period from about 525 to 500 B.C., Oltos worked in red-figure in the early days of the technique. He also produced several bilingual cups with red-figure decoration on the exterior and black-figure on the interior, a type that was popular in this period. Although Oltos specialized in the decoration of cups, he produced a range of other shapes as well. Scholars have attributed over 150 surviving vases to him, but only two of these bear his signature. Throughout his long career, Oltos worked for at least six different potters, including the workshop of Nikosthenes and Pamphaios. As a painter, Oltos emphasized elegance in his figures over naturalism. His favorite subjects were scenes of revelry and mythological scenes of heroes."
  
  Provenance: private Connecticut, USA collection; ex P. Sharrer, New Jersey, USA; ex A.S. Richter collection, California, USA acquired from the above, 6 March 1990.
  
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  Condition

  Both are fragments, expertly repaired with no added material or overpainting from a few large pieces. Surfaces are slightly abraded with a few tiny chips. Slight fading to pigment on the larger. Motifs are very clear and well preserved.
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