Property from the Estate of a New York Private Collector
An Apulian Red-figured Hydria, circle of the Darius and Underworld Painters, circa 320 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 5, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
painted with a nude youth standing, a mantle draped across his forearms and holding a thyrsos and patera, facing a draped woman seated on a rock, holding a phiale or wreath in her right hand, with rosettes and a wreath in the field, the details painted in added white, a large palmette below the handle at the reverse.
Height 33.7 cm.
French private collection, acquired by the 1970s
Galerie Mythes et Légendes, Paris
North American art market (Christie’s, New York, December 9th, 2008, no. 105, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Intact. Stable hairline crack running horizontally under one of the lifting handles. Craquelure to glaze mostly over the shoulder. Other minor nicks and imperfections elsewhere.
