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An Attic Red-Figured Amphora, Attributed to the Triptolemos painter, circa 480 B.C.
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30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- An Attic Red-Figured Amphora, Attributed to the Triptolemos painter
- Height 17 in. 54 cm.
of Panathenaic form, with echinus foot, cylindrical handles, and echinus mouth, the body painted on one side with a bearded god, probably Dionysos, facing right and holding a phiale in his hand, and wearing a chiton and himation, the other side decorated with Nike holding an oinochoe in her right hand, and wearing a long chiton with tasseled fringe and finely pleated himation, meander and saltire-squares below each scene, a palmette and scrolls below each handle.
Provenance
Christie's, London, November 12th, 1996, no. 142, illus.
Sotheby's, New York, June 5th, 1999, no. 171, ilus.
Sotheby's, New York, June 5th, 1999, no. 171, ilus.
Literature
Galerie Günter Puhze, Kunst der Antike, Katalog 10, Freiburg im Breisgau, no. 200, illus.
Catalogue Note
Cf. Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases, The Archaic Period, no. 307, a Panathenaic Amphora by the Triptolemos Painter with Athena and an athlete.