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BLACK-FIGURE OENOCHOE
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BLACK-FIGURE OENOCHOE
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Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BLACK-FIGURE OENOCHOE
Greek art, Attic, late 6th century BC.
A very fine black-glazed terracotta oenochoe with white and red painted highlights, featuring a trilobed spout and a pear-shaped body decorated with a scene depicting a quadriga driven by two male figures: a hoplite wearing a cuirass, a helmet with a tall crest and a shield, accompanied by a bearded charioteer holding the reins, dressed in a long white tunic fastened with a belt and draped in a feline pelt. At the centre of the scene, the goddess Athena stands, striding forward, her head turned towards the figures, wearing a long robe, a helmet with a tall crest and the aegis fringed with serpents. The scene is framed by scrollwork and meander patterns at the top and bottom, as well as friezes of ivy leaves on the sides.
Intact.
Height: 24.5 cm
Provenance: Collection of Charles Gillet (1879–1972), then passed down through the family
An Attic black-figured oinochoe,
Late 6th century BC
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