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THBAttic Skyphos of Satyrs, Komast Group, ex-Sotheby's
Lot 33
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Greece, Attic (Athens), attributed to the Komast Group (also Comast Group), ca. 585 to 560 BCE. An enticing pottery skyphos featuring a black-figure depiction of the komos, a ritualistic drunken procession related to the wine god Dionysus and performed by revelers known as komasts, here resembling ithyphallic satyrs. The 4 nude dancers present lively poses with arms and legs flung about in ecstatic expressions, the musculature of their slender bodies finely delineated with incised detailing. Pointed beards frame the faces of 3, while 1 appears youthful and beardless, calling to mind the face of an Athenian ephebe - perhaps serving to humanize these demonic and satiresque characters. Twin handles flank the ancient vessel, each displaying a lotus flower and palmette with interlaced tendrils beneath, placing the ritual within a wild and vegetal space and linking the revelry to fecundity and germination. Size: 7.8" W x 3.7" H (19.8 cm x 9.4 cm)
Traditionally used for the consumption of wine, the skyphos combines its form with its imagery to highlight the transforming power of the drink, the euphoria it produces, the irruption of the sacred in nature and in man, and the mimetic communication between both spheres that this divine possession facilitates!
This example has been attributed to the Komast Group, an ensemble of early Athenian black-figure vase-painters working in a similar style whose names are unknown. Beazley called them the Komast Group after one of their favorite subjects: komasts. They introduced new shapes into Athenian pottery, borrowing and developing them from Corinthian prototypes.
Cf. Museo Arqueologico Nacional de Espana, Madrid (1999/99/69).
This example was published by Sotheby's New York in "Antiquities and Islamic Art" Wednesday, Jun 20, 1990, Sale 6046, lot 11.
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Provenance: private Georgia, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, December 13, 2022, lot 392; ex-New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Sotheby's New York, New York, USA, June 20, 1990, lot 11
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#177253Professionally repaired with restoration over break lines. Some minor pitting to interior and a few small flakes in areas, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, vessel has an excellent presentation with nicely preserved detail and slight iridescence to interior.Condition
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