Greek kantharos, Athens, mid 5th century BC. St Valentin Group.
Terracotta
Height: 11.2cm, diameter: 12.3cm, width across the handles: 17.2cm
11819 IVP
£ 3,500
Sessile kantharos, the red-figure decoration enlivened with added white. On each side, between the strap handles, there is a broad band of triple feather design, alternating white on black, and...
Sessile kantharos, the red-figure decoration enlivened with added white. On each side, between the strap handles, there is a broad band of triple feather design, alternating white on black, and black on red, above which on one side runs a thin band with a long tendril of white ivy leaves, giving a chequerboard effect, then a row of tongues at the top and bottom border. The resting edge reserved, the inner wall of the foot in black the rest reserved with a black central dot surrounded by a single circle. The base with collection number in ink 'CV - I - 34'. Largely intact but repaired breaks and small losses around the two handles. Some losses to the glaze in the interior and the underside of the ring foot.
Provenance
Victor Emile Gabriel Chevallier (1889-1969) and his wife Marguerite Jeanne Verel (1887-1962), France; recorded in their inventory as no.34, photo 15107
Mr. X, France; by descent from the above in 1969, thence by descent through two estates
