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THBPublished Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater - Eros & Maenads
Lot 31
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Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 4th century BCE. Astonishing for its ample size as well as its mesmerizing decoration, a very large (yes, a nod to its scale bears repeating) red-figure bell krater. Side A features four nude maenads (one on the far right nude save a cloak over her shoulders) as well as a satyr (far left) cavorting around a laver (wash basin) from which a nude, winged Eros alights. The painter of this vessel was particularly adept at presenting the figures in a variety of poses and suggesting a certain freedom in their movement. What's more, liberal added white pigment was used to color the laver as well as Eros' body and render the figures' beaded jewelry, diadem, and what may be streams of bubbles given the presence of the laver. In the field are abstract plants flanking the laver and the satyr's drinking horn. On the reverse are three draped male figures, the pair to the left holding ritualistic implements and facing the third. Size: 17" W handlespan x 15.375" H (43.2 cm x 39.1 cm); 16" diameter (40.6 cm)
In addition to this marvelous iconography, the artist included an impressive decorative program. Below the rim is a laurel leaf garland. Underscoring the figural imagery is a band of Greek key and checkerboard variant motifs. Finally, bands of egg-and-dart surround the termini of the upturned loop handles.
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. Beyond this, fugitive pigments made it possible for the artist to create additional layers of interest and detail as we see in this example.
Published in J. Eisenberg, "Art of the Ancient World," 2009, no. 112; J. Eisenberg, "One Thousand Years of Ancient Greek Vases II," 2010, no. 90.
Provenance: ex-private collection, A.D., Brussels, acquired in the 1980s; Munich art market, April 2008
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#152688Professionally repaired from multiple pieces with restoration over the break lines and some areas of repainting over the break lines. Expected surface wear with scuffs, minute nicks, and abrasions commensurate with age. Nice fugitive white pigment remains. Royal Athena Galleries label on underside of base. Nice earthen/mineral deposits particularly visible on underside of base and red areas of the vessel.Condition
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