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Mar 24, 2022

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• Lot Description
  Greek, Athens, attributed to the F.B. Group, ca. early 4th century BCE. A stunning pottery oinochoe or pouring vessel, hand-painted in the manner of the F.B. or Fat Boy Group; a group of Athenian painters known for their depiction of portly youths. Sitting upon an applied, ring-form base, the elegant vessel presents a bulbous body with a rounded shoulder and a narrow neck that flares out to a trefoil rim with a pinched spout. A tubular handle elegantly connects the back of the rim to the shoulder edge. The body of the vessel boasts red-figure decoration of 3 ephebes or Greek youths: a nude athlete between 2 robed boys. The central athlete displays a pudgy body shown in profile facing right, as he raises a hook-shaped implement, likely a type of sporting equipment. Both clothed figures face the central athlete. The ephebe to the left drapes a bordered himation over his left shoulder, while holding out a ball with his right hand. Size: 6.75" H (17.1 cm)
  
  A petite eye motif is shown just below the ball - eye motifs were commonly painted on vessels to serve an apotropaic function. Alternatively, the right-most youth is completely wrapped in a bordered himation and holds his hands to his sides. The scene is flanked by a horizontal register of fretted decoration above and a band of tongue motif below. The remainder of the oinochoe is enveloped in a lustrous black glaze that beautifully complements its opulent form.
  
  Perhaps the most exciting innovation in Greek vase painting was the red-figure technique, invented in Athens around 525 BCE and beloved by other artists of Magna Graecia. The red-figure technique allowed for much greater flexibility as opposed to the black-figure technique, for now the artist could use a soft, pliable brush rather than a rigid metal graver to delineate interior details, play with the thickness of the lines, as well as build up or dilute glazes to create chromatic effects. The painter would create figures by outlining them in the natural red of the vase, and then enrich these figural forms with black lines to suggest volume, at times perspectival depth, and movement, bringing those silhouettes and their environs to life.
  
  Cf. British Museum, 1864,1007.200, 1877,0930.40, and 1856,0826.280
  
  Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private T.G. collection, Williston, Florida, USA, no 2837, acquired in 2000 from a New York trade
  
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  Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
  
  #170398

  Condition

  Expected nicks, pitting, abrasions, and scratches, commensurate with age. Some repainting in areas. Otherwise, intact and excellent with nice preservation of pigment.
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