- 69A
A Lucanian Red-figured Bell Krater, attributed to the Cyclops Painter, circa 440-430 B.C.
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- A Lucanian Red-figured Bell Krater, attributed to the Cyclops Painter
- Height 12 5/8 in. 32 cm.
painted with a woman facing left with her right hand raised and flanked by two athletes, one holding a strigil, the other a loose fillet, the woman wearing a chiton, himation, and wreath or diadem, the reverse painted with three draped youths, encircling laurel crown below the rim, meander below the scenes.
Provenance
South German private collection, early 1980s or earlier (Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich, Auktion 137: Antike und islamische Kunst, December 15th, 2004, no. 540, illus.)
Literature
For two other bell kraters by the Cyclops Painter showing a woman gesturing between two athletes see Trendall, LCS, p. 27, nos. 89 (Sidney 48:02) and 90 (Christchurch, University of Canterbury 18), pl. 7.5. Also see Christie's, New York, December 6th, 2001, no. 468.