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Auction archive: Lot number 100

A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA

ANTIQUITIES
9 Dec 2008
Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$11,250
Auction archive: Lot number 100

A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA

ANTIQUITIES
9 Dec 2008
Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$11,250
Beschreibung:

A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE LIBATION PAINTER, CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA ATTRIBUTED TO THE LIBATION PAINTER, CIRCA 350-330 B.C. The obverse with a veiled female, a hydria on her lap, seated on the plinth of a stele, to the left a standing youth facing left, his head turned back, nude but for a chlamys and a pilos helmet, holding a spear in his left hand, a shield in his right, to the right a standing draped female balancing a box on her head with her left hand, holding a wreath in her right, the stele with decorative bands at the top, the shaft tied with a ribbon and surmounted by a hydria, the stepped plinth draped with ribbons, a black squat lekythos in front; the neck with a standing draped female holding a phiale, her hair bound in a sakkos ; the reverse with a standing youth with a himation draped over his left shoulder and around his waist and legs, and a draped female holding a wreath; the neck with a standing draped youth; a band of meander with saltire squares encircling the vase below the scenes, palmettes on the shoulders, vertical lines on the rim, a band of laurel and vertical lines below, elaborate palmettes below the fluted handles, details in added white 23½ in. (59.6 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 100
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
9 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE LIBATION PAINTER, CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA ATTRIBUTED TO THE LIBATION PAINTER, CIRCA 350-330 B.C. The obverse with a veiled female, a hydria on her lap, seated on the plinth of a stele, to the left a standing youth facing left, his head turned back, nude but for a chlamys and a pilos helmet, holding a spear in his left hand, a shield in his right, to the right a standing draped female balancing a box on her head with her left hand, holding a wreath in her right, the stele with decorative bands at the top, the shaft tied with a ribbon and surmounted by a hydria, the stepped plinth draped with ribbons, a black squat lekythos in front; the neck with a standing draped female holding a phiale, her hair bound in a sakkos ; the reverse with a standing youth with a himation draped over his left shoulder and around his waist and legs, and a draped female holding a wreath; the neck with a standing draped youth; a band of meander with saltire squares encircling the vase below the scenes, palmettes on the shoulders, vertical lines on the rim, a band of laurel and vertical lines below, elaborate palmettes below the fluted handles, details in added white 23½ in. (59.6 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 100
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
9 December 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
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