Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from the Collection of Peter and Mary Blomberg, Stockholm

An Attic Red-figured Pelike, attributed to the Washing Painter, circa 425-420 B.C.

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Auction Closed

December 3, 04:39 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

painted on one side with a man and youth facing each other, the bearded man holding a staff and wearing a chiton and himation, the wreathed youth holding spears and wearing a chlamys and petasos, and on the other side with a youth holding a phiale and wearing a chiton and himation, the details in added white.


Height 19.5 cm.

Max Willborg (1993-2001), Stockholm

acquired by the present owner from the above in 1980 (collection no. MPB66)


Published

V. Sabetai, The Washing Painter. A Contribution to the Wedding and Genre Iconography in the Second Half of the Fifth Century B.C., doct. diss, vol. 2, Cincinnati, 1993, p. 66, no. P60

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. 29, illus.

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