An Attic Red-Figured Kalpis
Sale 910 - Antiquities & Ethnographic Art
Nov 18, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$30,000 -
$50,000
Sold for $28,750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
An Attic Red-Figured Kalpis
Attributed to the Harrow Painter, Circa 480-470 B.C.
Height 12 3/4 inches (32.4 cm).
Provenance:
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg (Kunst der Antike, Katalog 13, no. 122), 1999.
Royal Athena Galleries, New York (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XII, no. 212), 2001.
Royal Athena Galleries, New York (One Thousand Years of Ancient Vases II, no. 88), 2010.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2012.
Note:
During the 5th Century B.C., the kalpis became a preferred vessel for red-figure painters. Like the hydria though smaller, the kalpis was used to house water or wine. These vessels were typically decorated with mythological scenes or scenes of daily life. This red-figured kalpis, attributed to the Harrow Painter, illustrates a courting scene. In the center sits a hetaira (courtesan) holding a mirror with a dog behind her and a kalathos at her feet, flanked by two bearded males each holding a staff. Courtesans were often guests of the all-male symposium, and thus a popular subject matter for painted vessels.
For a vase attributed to the Harrow Painter with a similar courting scene, see Stamnos (Musée du Louvre, Inv. no. G191).
Note:
During the 5th Century B.C., the kalpis became a preferred vessel for red-figure painters. Like the hydria though smaller, the kalpis was used to house water or wine. These vessels were typically decorated with mythological scenes or scenes of daily life. This red-figured kalpis, attributed to the Harrow Painter, illustrates a courting scene. In the center sits a hetaira (courtesan) holding a mirror with a dog behind her and a kalathos at her feet, flanked by two bearded males each holding a staff. Courtesans were often guests of the all-male symposium, and thus a popular subject matter for painted vessels.
For a vase attributed to the Harrow Painter with a similar courting scene, see Stamnos (Musée du Louvre, Inv. no. G191).
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