CIRCA 550-500 B.C.

Details

AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
CIRCA 550-500 B.C.
11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) high

Provenance

Dr. Harald Schmid (1901-1970), Biel, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1967; thence by descent to present owner.

Literature

Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern, Biel, Solothurn: Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, (exhibition cat.), 1967 no. 104.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 9030814 (where Beazley notes on the archive photographs that this vase recalls the Three-Line Group).

Exhibited

Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern-Biel-Solothurn, 21 October-3 December 1967.

Special notice

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Claudio Corsi

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Descriptif du lot

The main scene depicts a draped female mounting a quadriga, with Apollo walking at the side holding his kithara. On the other side with four hoplites in combat, the warrior on the far right falling to the ground.

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