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Royal Athena - 1000 Years of Greek Vases II

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87 ATTIC RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER BY THE CHRISTIE PAINTER A komos procession led by a draped female playing a flute followed by two nude youths, the first holding a barbiton. Reverse: Three draped youths. Ca. 450-440 BC. H. 10 3/4 in (27.3 cm.); W. 13 1/2 in. (34.2 cm.); Diam. 12 in. (30.5 cm.) Ex French collection, acquired from Mythes & LĂŠgendes, Paris, in 1971. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XIX, 2008, no. 126. 88 ATTIC RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER Herakles offers a kantharos to Nike; at the left the Dioscuroi holding torches or spears, at the right another nude laureate male watching. Reverse: Three draped youths. 4th Century BC. H. 13 1/8 in. (33.5 cm.); W. and Diam. 13 in. (33 cm.) Ex French collection. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXI, 2010, no. 153.

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