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Auction archive: Lot number 119

AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PALMETTE-EYE CUP

Antiquities
3 Jun 2009
Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
US$42,500
Auction archive: Lot number 119

AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PALMETTE-EYE CUP

Antiquities
3 Jun 2009
Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
US$42,500
Beschreibung:

AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PALMETTE-EYE CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE BOWDOIN-EYE PAINTER, CIRCA 510 B.C.
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PALMETTE-EYE CUP ATTRIBUTED TO THE BOWDOIN-EYE PAINTER, CIRCA 510 B.C. The tondo with a youthful nude diskobolos leaning forward on bent knees, holding the diskos in his right hand, his left arm projecting back for balance, a fillet in added red in his short hair, a kalos inscription in the field before him; each side of the exterior with a youth between palmettes between eyes, one side with a youth raising a salpinx (trumpet) to his lips in his left hand, his right reaching behind his back, wearing a short chiton, his upper torso bare, a phorbeia (strap) over his mouth, a fillet in added red in his short hair, a shield behind him, a kalos inscription in the field before him; the other side with a youth leaning forward, unwrapping a shield, wearing a short chiton, his upper torso bare, an inscription above 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) diameter excluding handles

Auction archive: Lot number 119
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jun 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
3 June 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PALMETTE-EYE CUP
ATTRIBUTED TO THE BOWDOIN-EYE PAINTER, CIRCA 510 B.C.
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PALMETTE-EYE CUP ATTRIBUTED TO THE BOWDOIN-EYE PAINTER, CIRCA 510 B.C. The tondo with a youthful nude diskobolos leaning forward on bent knees, holding the diskos in his right hand, his left arm projecting back for balance, a fillet in added red in his short hair, a kalos inscription in the field before him; each side of the exterior with a youth between palmettes between eyes, one side with a youth raising a salpinx (trumpet) to his lips in his left hand, his right reaching behind his back, wearing a short chiton, his upper torso bare, a phorbeia (strap) over his mouth, a fillet in added red in his short hair, a shield behind him, a kalos inscription in the field before him; the other side with a youth leaning forward, unwrapping a shield, wearing a short chiton, his upper torso bare, an inscription above 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) diameter excluding handles

Auction archive: Lot number 119
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jun 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
3 June 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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