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Greek Paestan Red-Figure Lekythos, ex-Royal Athena Magna Graecia, South Italy, ca. 340 to 330 BCE.
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Greek Paestan Red-Figure Lekythos, ex-Royal Athena
Magna Graecia, South Italy, ca. 340 to 330 BCE. An impressive red-figure lekythos in the Paestan style, attributed to the Asteas-Python workshop. Iconographic program in applied red depicting a dancing nude youth holding large phiale with a large palmette beneath the handle. Size: 9" (22.9 cm).
Provenance: Ex-private Swiss collection; Ex-J. Kluge private collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1987; Ex-P. Kluge private collection, Charlottesville, Virginia.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108546
Condition
Only very minor surface wear. Near choice.
Magna Graecia, South Italy, ca. 340 to 330 BCE. An impressive red-figure lekythos in the Paestan style, attributed to the Asteas-Python workshop. Iconographic program in applied red depicting a dancing nude youth holding large phiale with a large palmette beneath the handle. Size: 9" (22.9 cm).
Provenance: Ex-private Swiss collection; Ex-J. Kluge private collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1987; Ex-P. Kluge private collection, Charlottesville, Virginia.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108546
Condition
Only very minor surface wear. Near choice.
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Greek Paestan Red-Figure Lekythos, ex-Royal Athena
Magna Graecia, South Italy, ca. 340 to 330 BCE. An impressive red-figure lekythos in the Paestan style, attributed to the Asteas-Python workshop. Iconographic program in applied red depicting a dancing nude youth holding large phiale with a large palmette beneath the handle. Size: 9" (22.9 cm).
Provenance: Ex-private Swiss collection; Ex-J. Kluge private collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1987; Ex-P. Kluge private collection, Charlottesville, Virginia.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108546
Condition
Only very minor surface wear. Near choice.
Magna Graecia, South Italy, ca. 340 to 330 BCE. An impressive red-figure lekythos in the Paestan style, attributed to the Asteas-Python workshop. Iconographic program in applied red depicting a dancing nude youth holding large phiale with a large palmette beneath the handle. Size: 9" (22.9 cm).
Provenance: Ex-private Swiss collection; Ex-J. Kluge private collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1987; Ex-P. Kluge private collection, Charlottesville, Virginia.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108546
Condition
Only very minor surface wear. Near choice.
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