Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Another Property
An Attic Red-figured Hydria, attributed to Polygnotos, circa 440 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 6, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Another Property
An Attic Red-figured Hydria
attributed to Polygnotos, circa 440 B.C.
painted with a domestic scene showing a seated woman holding a wool basket between two female attendants, a cloth hanging in the background, the inscription KALE in the field.
Height 33 cm.
acquired in Bordeaux in the 1950s-1960s
private collection, Bordeaux, 1960-2019 (Briscadieu, Bordeaux, Cabinet de Curiosités, May 17th, 2019, no. 74, illus.)
private collection, Bordeaux, 1960-2019 (Briscadieu, Bordeaux, Cabinet de Curiosités, May 17th, 2019, no. 74, illus.)
For two hydriai with domestic scenes by the same hand see https://collections.mfa.org/objects/153624 and http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/355A4E8A-9A25-40B9-ACDF-B746CC3C9C53.