RARE ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KYLIX (EYE-CUP) WITH DIONYSIAC SCENE…

Lot no. 700

Estimate: £7,500 - £15,000

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

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Archaeology and Antiquities

Description

RARE ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE KYLIX (EYE-CUP) WITH DIONYSIAC SCENE. Ca. 530 - 500 BC. A terracotta black-figure kylix (eye-cup) with a broad shallow bowl on a slender stem and discoid foot, the horizontal handles set low on the wall. The interior presents a circular tondo with a gorgoneion, and the underside shows concentric rings around a ray zone at the stem. The exterior is decorated with large apotropaic eyes placed to either side of each handle root. Between the handles run two identical figural friezes: at left stands Dionysos with a drinking horn and an ivy wreath among curling vine tendrils, while to his right a youth drives a biga shown in profile. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 14.136; Museo Archeologico di Napoli, Inv. 81128. Size: 370mm x 120mm; Weight: 620g Private London collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; originally in the collection of R Verbruggen, Brussels 1990’s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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