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An Attic Red-figured Pelike, attributed to Group G, circa 360-350 B.C.
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- An Attic Red-figured Pelike, attributed to Group G
- Height 13 15/16 in. 35.5 cm.
with foot in several degrees, one side painted with an amazonomachy showing two fighting Amazons flanked by two Greek warriors, another Greek lying prostrate on the ground, each Amazon wielding a sword and carrying a shield, and wearing spotted leggings, tunic, and Phrygian cap, a tree in the background, the reverse painted with a youth holding a shield between two companions, one holding a strigil, a palmette at the base of each handle, an ovolo kymation above and below the scene and on the outside of the rim; the details in added white.
Provenance
Dr. Jacques Denier (1926-1992), La Tour du Pin, Isère
Catalogue Note
Beazley (ARV, pp. 1464-1465) mentions several vases with amazonomachy attributed to Group G; those with recorded find-spots came from places as diverse as South Russia, Kerch in the Ukraine, Populonia in Tuscany, and Pella in Macedonia.