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Royal Athena - 1000 Years of Greek Vases II

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160 PAESTAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS FROM THE ASTEAS-PYTHON WORKSHOP Two nude women washing at a laver; the girl at the right looks into the mirror in her right hand. An inscription incised above her head identifies her as Myrtipho; another inscription labels the girl at left as Emauta (refer to RVP, p. 149, where it occurs on a cup by Python). Such inscriptions are quite rare, especially on small vases like skyphoi. Reverse: A nude youth and a draped female exchanging objects. Ca. 340-325 BC. H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) Ex English collection; John Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1988; Patricia Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990-2010. 161 PAESTAN APPLIED RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER FROM THE ASTEAS-PYTHON WORKSHOP A seated nude female or hermaphrodite. Reverse: A seated half-nude female. Ca. 340-330 BC. H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) Ex John Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1988; Patricia Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990-2010. 162 PAESTAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE KRATERISKOS A satyr with a kithara in his left hand, another object in his right. Reverse: A draped youth holds a staff. Ca. 450 BC. H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) Ex Clark collection, Michigan. Exhibited: Detroit Institute of Art, 1983-2004. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVI, 2005, no. 117.

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