Menu
EUR
CAD
AUD
GBP
MXN
HKD
CNY
MYR
SEK
SGD
CHF
THBGreek Attic Black-Figure Krater - Painter of Louvre F6
Lot 16a
About Seller
Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
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
Categories
Live Auction in Progress ... Currently on Lot Estimate:
$25,000 - $40,000
Absentee vs Live bid
Two ways to bid:
- Leave a max absentee bid and the platform will bid on your behalf up to your maximum bid during the live auction.
- Bid live during the auction and your bids will be submitted real-time to the auctioneer.
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
About Auction
Live
By Artemis Gallery
Jun 4, 2020
Set Reminder
2020-06-04 10:00:00
2020-06-04 10:00:00
America/New_York
Bidsquare
Bidsquare : Exceptional Antiquities, Asian, Ethnographic
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/artemis-gallery/exceptional-antiquities-asian-ethnographic-5185
An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
View Full Catalog (393)
- Lot Description
Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, Painter of Louvre F6, ca. 560 to 550 BCE. A magnificent black-figured krater, quite sizeable and presenting a wonderful iconographic program, attributed to Painter of Louvre F6 of the workshop of Lydos by Dr. Janos Gy. Szilagy. Side A features a swan between two confronting panthers. Side B presents a large mountain goat occupying the entire central register. Beneath each handle is another swan, and swans also adorn the square top of the handles. Each animal is further adorned with incised details as well as fugitive red pigment. Painted vessels by the Painter of Louvre F6 relate to Lydos in that animals are featured on very large vessels relatively late in Athens, and the style of the animals is very similar. Size: 14" W handle span x 10.625" H (35.6 cm x 27 cm)
The animals on this vessel carried great symbolism. The swan, for instance, was a creature which played a complex role in Greek mythology. The swan was an attribute of Aphrodite and Apollo, said to sing a song of unearthly beauty as it died. It was also the form assumed by Zeus to ravish Leda, mother of Helen of Troy. The panther is associated with Dionysos (Roman Bacchus) - the Olympian god of wine, pleasure, ritual madness, ecstasy, and theatre - as artists in ancient Greece and Rome depicted Dionysos (Bacchus) riding a magnificent panther. For example, a wonderful Greek mosaic from Pella (ca. 4th century BCE) depicts Dionysos riding a panther. Then there is the marvelous marble sculpture of Dionysus with Panther (ca. 2nd century CE) at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. In addition, another marble sculpture depicting Dionysos with a panther (ca. 150 BCE to 100 CE) is in the esteemed collection of the Yale University Art Gallery (1956.8.30). Goats were another animal associated with Dionysos, traditionally sacrificed to honor the god. In addition, there is evidence that goat masks associated with the god were worn by dancers in worship rituals dating even earlier with imagery found in a Minoan tomb near Phaistos in Crete.
A close parallel for the swan and panther imagery occurs on an amphora that was part of a Christie's auction (June 12, 2000 - Lot 34). Also compare to a hydria with animal iconography in the manner of Lydos from the Tocra Museum in John Boardman "Athenian Black Figure Vases" (Thames & Hudson, 1985, figure 72).
In addition, the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece has a black-figure column krater by Painter of Louvre F6 in their collection, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest has an Attic Black-Figure Amphora by Painter of Louvre F6 (inventory number T.657).
Provenance: ex-South German private collection, acquired in the 1980s; acquired from J. Haering, Freiburg, Germany, in 2010
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#152684Professionally repaired from about 2 dozen pieces with restoration over the break lines. Very well done. Very little if any overpainting. Expected surface wear with a few scuffs, scratches, nicks commensurate with age.Condition
- Shipping Info
-
All shipping is handled in-house for your convenience. Your invoice from Artemis Gallery will include shipping calculation instructions. If in doubt, please inquire BEFORE bidding for estimated shipping costs for individual items.
-
- Buyer's Premium
