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PAESTAN SQUAT LEKYTHOS FROM THE ASTEAS-PYTHON WORKSHOP In applied red, a dancing youth, nude, holding large phiale. Choice. Ex Swiss collection; John Kluge collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1987; Patricia Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia. Ca. 340-330 BC H. 9 in. (22.9 cm.) 1,000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases II, no. 164 PK0966K $9,500 Sales Please see further information below. |
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| This design is not executed in the red-figure technique, with the figure left reserved in the color of the clay, but rather by applying red slip over the black-glazed surface and adding the details by incision. This technique was invented in the late 6th century B.C. by Athenian artists (the so-called “Six’s technique”). Most vases of this type found at Paestum date to the third quarter of the 4th century. Rays on the neck; tall florals frame the figure on either side; a single incised line circles the lower body and acts as a groundline, supplemented by a row of dots suggestive of a rocky landscape. A nude youth runs to the right and looks back to the left. He wears shoes, a fillet, and a cloak draped over both arms. His thigh-chain and bandoleer are stringed with black beads. In his outstretched left hand is a fillet and a phiale full of eggs. In his left hand is a so-called “skewer of fruit.” The technique, shape, composition, and the black-beaded chains place this vase in a sub-group of the Asteas/Python workshop identified by Trendall; see Trendall, RVP 375-75, pl. 238a-b. |
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