Attic black-figure cylinder lekythos of the Haimon group. 500 - 480 BC H 16cm, ø…

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Attic black-figure cylinder lekythos of the Haimon group. 500 - 480 BC H 16cm, ø body 5.9cm. On the front Heracles wrestling with the Erymanthian boar, above branches and his weapons including quiver and club. Two Amazons on horseback to the side. Numerous details in white, now faded, and perhaps also red. With certificate of authenticity from Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg im Breisgau! Published in: Kunst der Antike - Galerie Günter Puhze catalog 17, 2003, no. 144 (copy enclosed). There also the apt comparison with an almost identical lekythos in Stuttgart, see CVA Stuttgart Pl. 21, 3-5 (with further comparisons). Some scratches to the reverse, otherwise intact and in excellent condition. Provenance: From the R. L. Collection, Lower Saxony, acquired in 2003 from Galerie Puhze, Freiburg im Breisgau; previously in a southern German collection from the 1990s.

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Greek Attic Black-Figure Lekythos with Combat Scene. Circa 520 B.C. The ovoid body decorated with a combat scene, band of tendrils and leaves to the shoulder and vertical bands to the slender neck, trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle and discoid foot; the scene comprising three Hoplites, the first in tall-crested Corinthian helmet, cuirass and greaves, xiphos hanging on his right side, thrusting with his long spear over his ellipsoid shield towards the middle figure, running forwards but with his helmetted head turned towards his attacker, using his Boeotian shield to ward off the blow while manoeuvring his own spear which is blocked by the third figure advancing against him, with spear held underarm, with birds in flight above. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 76.12.4, for similar; for other similar examples Papuci-W?adyka, E., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Poland, Fascicule 11, Cracow Fascicule I, Cracow, 2012, pl.43; see also a similar lekythos decorated with warriors in combat at the New Art Gallery Walsall, inventory no.1973.284.GR; for a general bibliography on the Attic Greek black-figure lekythoi see Haspels, C.H.E., Attic Black Figured Lekythoi, Paris, 1936; Beazley, J. D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, New York, 1978, pp.463-464, 699; Boardman, J., Athenian Black Figure Vases, New York, 1993, pp.114-115, fig.237; also Boardman, J., Les vases athéniens à figures noires, Paris, 1996. 481 grams, 26.5 cm (10 3/8 in.). The clothing and weapons of the hoplites are detailed copies of hoplites of late decades of 6th century B.C. The left warrior wears a Corinthian helmet with a high crest, a richly decorated robe and greaves. His Attic round shield, from which a richly pleated chlamys hangs down, is decorated with large circles. The middle and the right hoplite wear Corinthian helmets with a lower crest, and also beautifully decorated robes and greaves. They hold very large, Boeotian-shaped shields with striking bundles of lightning and 'flames'. As a beautiful counterpart to the left fighter, the right warrior carries a chlamys with long folds over his shoulder. Private collection, Southern Germany, acquired in 1960s. with Paul-Francis Jacquier, Numismatique Antique, Münzen und Kunst der Antique, 13 September 2013. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12189-222313. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]

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