LATE ATTIC COLUMN KRATER WITH MAENAD AND SATYRS.

Lot no. 683

Estimate: £15,000 - £30,000

Sale date : 11/30/2025 at 2:00 PM

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Archaeology and Antiquities

Description

LATE ATTIC COLUMN KRATER WITH MAENAD AND SATYRS. Ca. 450 - 400 BC. A large red-figure column krater with a Dionysiac scene of satyrs and a maenad. The vessel has a broad everted rim encircled by a double dotted band, a short neck with a tongue frieze, and columnar twin handles rising to rectangular plates decorated with palmette motifs. The ovoid body tapers to a moulded foot above a zone of radiating rays. The main side shows a draped maenad between two satyrs in dynamic, dancing poses, framed by dotted vertical panels. The reverse depicts three himation-clad youths engaged in conversation. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 91.1.462; Australian National University Museum Acquisition number: 1964.01, The British Museum, Museum number 1867,0508.1135. Size: 380mm x 330mm; Weight: 3.7kg Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market. This piece is accompanied by the French Export passport. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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