A Corinthian Pottery Lidded Lekane, attributed to the Painter of Athens 931, circa 600 B.C.

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Auction Closed

December 3, 04:39 PM GMT

Estimate

3,500 - 4,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

painted with a frieze of panthers and goats, rosettes in the field, horizontal lines above with a double row of dots, and vertical zigzag lines on the shoulder.

Height 15 cm.

acquired by the present owner on the Swiss art market in 1982 (coll. no. MPB85)

Published

D. A. Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Paintings of the Archaic Period, Los Angeles, 1988, vol. 1, p. 348

Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, London, Enduring Legacy: Ancient Art from the Egyptians to the Romans, 3000 B.C. to 600 A.D., 2024, no. 24, illus.

For a related example see A. Fairbanks, Catalogue of Greek and Etruscan Vases, vol. 1. Early Vases Preceding Athenian Black-figure Ware, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1928, p. 170, no. 482 (https://collections.mfa.org/objects/184285/lekane-with-cover?ctx=9681f0cd-9f37-43ce-9978-61984c29ff7c&idx=5).