An Attic Black-Figured Trefoil Oinochoe
Sale 1035 - Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
May 26, 2022
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Lot Description
An Attic Black-Figured Trefoil Oinochoe
Attributed to the Keyside Class, Circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Height 9 1/8 inches (23.1 cm).
Provenance:
Spink & Son, London, UK.
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), San Simeon, acquired from the above, 1936.
Parke-Bernet, New York, Works of Art, Furniture & Architectural Elements Collected by the Late William Randolph Hearst, 5-6 April 1963, Lot 28.
Jan Mitchell (1913-2009), New York, acquired from the above.
Jack Josephson, New York, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's, London, Antiquities, 9 December 1974, Lot 98.
Hanita E. and Aaron Dechter (1915-2019), California.
Christie's, New York, Antiquities, 12 October 2020, Lot 36.
Exhibited:
California, University Art Galleries, California State University, San Bernardino and Northridge, The Dechter Collection of Greek Vases, 5 May 1989- 30 March 1990.
Published:
J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase-painters, Oxford, 1956, p. 426, no. 18.
J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 183, no. 18.
K. Hamma, ed., The Dechter Collection of Greek Vases, San Bernardino 1989, p. 41, no. 21.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 303262.
Note:
Depicted here is a Dionysiac scene. There are two maenads dancing with animals. One is holding a thrysos and a spotted snake, while the other holds a panther. Between the two women is a deer. For a related scene, see H.C. Walter, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, vol. 2, no. 515b.
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