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| ATTIC RED-FIGURE LEKYTHOS FROM THE GROUP OF PALERMO 16 Running male holding lyre. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IV, 1985, no. 97. Ex John Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1988; Patricia Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990-2010. Ca 430-420 BC H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2011, no. 120 1,000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases II, no. 112 PK1015K $12,500 Sales |
A youth walks to the left but looks back to the right. In his extended right hand he holds a lyre, its tortoiseshell soundboard turned with the interior toward the viewer. The youth’s himation covers his left hand, which he raises in the direction he faces. Long curly ringlets frame his face. The long thick fillet knotted on his head is like that worn by komasts – revelers – and that is probably exactly what he is. The tall reserved neck, disk foot in two degrees, and flat shoulder are characteristic of the shape favored by the Group of Palermo 16, one of several small groups of red-figure lekythos specialists in the late 5th century. For the Group of Palermo 16, see Beazley, ARV 1204, 1687, and 1704; Paralipomena 462-3; Beazley Addenda, 2nd ed., 304. |
