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THBGreek Attic Black Figure Pottery Olpe
Lot 13
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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
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By Artemis Gallery
Dec 20, 2018
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2018-12-20 10:00:00
2018-12-20 10:00:00
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Time to clear out the warehouse, as these lots are going, going, gone... plus a we've added a nice selection of lots brand-new to auction! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Time to clear out the warehouse, as these lots are going, going, gone... plus a we've added a nice selection of lots brand-new to auction! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A sizeable olpe adorned in the traditional black-figure technique with additional red pigment highlighting the facial hair of both Dionysos - god of wine, pleasure, ritual madness, ecstasy, and theatre - and the Satyr. A heavily draped and bearded Dionysos stands in composite profile facing the Satyr who also stands in composite profile though with his head turned backward so as to engage with Dionysos. These poses make it possible for the viewer to see the drinking horn held by Dionysos as well as the Satyr's physique - horns, buttocks, tail, and all. Both figures have bent knees as if poised for movement. Above the pair is a decorative register featuring two dotted bands framed by horizontal lines. Size: 5.5" W (from handle to opposite end) x 9" H (14 cm x 22.9 cm)
In addition to the attractive iconographic and decorative painted program, the form of the vessel is quite elegant presenting a characteristic piriform body rising to a narrower neck and a dramatically flared and rolled rim, with a generous strap handle joining rim to shoulder, all upon a stable circular foot.
See an Attic black-figure olpe depicting Dionysos and a Satyr by the Painter of Wurzburg 351 at the Getty - http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7516/painter-of-wurzburg-351-attic-black-figure-olpe-shape-1-greek-attic-about-490-bc/
Provenance: ex-private T.S. collection, San Diego County, California, USA, acquired between 25 and 40 years ago
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#140595Body repaired from about a half dozen pieces with repainting/restoration over the break lines. Chip and scuffs to underside of base. Earthen/mineral deposits on underside of base as well. Iconography is still vivid.Condition
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