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THBGreek Attic Black-Figure Lekythos - Athena Painter
Lot 30
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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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- Lot Description
Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), Attributed to the Athena Painter, ca. 490 to 480 BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery lekythos attributed to the Athena Painter that was finely painted via the black-figure technique on a white ground with extensive incised details as well. The figurative program features a nude male athlete standing in composite profile, with his muscular legs advancing to the right as his upper body dramatically twists backwards in order to throw his javelins, while his discus is between his striding legs. Before him is a cloaked, bearded figure who plays a double flute. The two-pronged stick crossing over the musician's body was typically used by an athlete's coach (now lost). Details of the athlete's musculature, the musician's drapery, as well as the facial features and beards of both figures are finely incised. Size: 4" in diameter x 11.125" H (10.2 cm x 28.3 cm)
In addition to this figural iconography, the vessel presents a wonderful decorative program. A dotted zigzag border runs above the figures, and the shoulder of the vessel is adorned by a flowing vine of stylized palmettes with a narrow band of tongues above.
Lekythoi were used to store oil used for a wide variety of purposes in the Classical World. While larger examples were usually designated for keeping olive oil, smaller more delicate examples were reserved for the bath to store precious unguents of sweet and floral aromas.
This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world’s largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques.
Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; acquired at auction in 2013 by a Swiss Collection; ex-private Munich collection, acquired in the 1970s
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#16462140% of the barrel is restored. Remarkably there are repairs across the art, but the only section of art that is new is on the musician's face from the right temple through the right shoulder across to the front right pectoral up to the elbow and then up to the first half of the flute and upper shoulder. The foot is intact and has maker's mark. Thje neck has been reattached.Condition
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