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CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS BY THE FRIGNANO PAINTER A warrior holding a large circular white shield, decorated with ochre crosses, and a spear in his right hand, a bandeau in white around his head, Rev: A draped youth enveloped in a himation, with a white bandeau around his head. Exhibited: the Borchardt Library, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, April 1995 - April 2008. The Frignano Painter painted mainly vases of small dimensions, and decorated them with single figure compositions. The use of white for outlining palmettes leaves are typical of his work. Cf. A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology, (Oxford 1967), pp. 387-392, pl. 151. Ex Amati collection, London, acq. in the mid-1970s; Graham Geddes collection, Melbourne, Australia. Ca. 360-330 BC H. 6 in. (15.1 cm.) 1,000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases II, no. 155 BLT20 $4,850 Sales |
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