Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 62
An Attic red-figure kylix
28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £18,812.50 inc. premium
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An Attic red-figure kylix
Attributed to the Pistoxenos Painter, circa 470-460 B.C.
The tondo with an equestrian figure, the youthful rider wearing a bordered chlamys fastened at his shoulder, with a broad brimmed petasos hanging behind, holding the reigns of his prancing horse, who is glancing back at him, set within a meander border, the exterior with a central maenad on both sides, one seated, one standing, holding a thyrsos and flanked by cavorting satyrs, palmettes beneath the handles, 30cm diam. inc. handles
Attributed to the Pistoxenos Painter, circa 470-460 B.C.
The tondo with an equestrian figure, the youthful rider wearing a bordered chlamys fastened at his shoulder, with a broad brimmed petasos hanging behind, holding the reigns of his prancing horse, who is glancing back at him, set within a meander border, the exterior with a central maenad on both sides, one seated, one standing, holding a thyrsos and flanked by cavorting satyrs, palmettes beneath the handles, 30cm diam. inc. handles
Footnotes
Provenance:
H.P. Rohde collection, Denmark, prior to 1950.
with Cahn AG, Basel.
Drs Gerd and Sigrid von der Gönna collection, Germany, acquired from the above 17 March 2009.
The Pistoxenos Painter was originally named by J.D. Beazley after a signed skyphos now in the Staatliches Museum in Schwerin (acc. no. 708). Working between 480-450 B.C. Pistoxenos specialised in red-figure kylixes, particularly with horse and warrior themes, as typified by the above lot. He also created masterpieces in the white-ground technique. His calm, restrained work exemplified the early Classical style. For further, see J.D. Beazley, Attic red figure vase painters, vol. II, Oxford, 1963, chapter 47, 'The Pisto Xenos Painter and his Group', p. 859-863.