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ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KYATHOS NEAR THE PAINTER OF VATICAN G7

Between apotropaic eyes; the bearded Dionysos, wearing a chlamys, rides an aroused prancing mule. The base of the handle is flanked by seated sphinxes, their front legs raised and their heads turned back; vines surround the central figure.
Graffiti beneath foot: ANEIA.

Ex Swiss private collection, acquired in the late 1960's.

Ca. 510-500 BC

H. 5 in. (12.8 cm.)

1,000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases II, no. 63
Art of the Ancient World, 2005, no. 81
BLG104R
$38,500

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