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Lot Description

An Attic Red-Figured Lekythos with Nike Above an Alter

Attributed to the Carlsruhe Painter, 475-450 B.C.

Height 10 1/4 inches (26.04 cm).

Property from The Brummer Collection from Drs. John and Pat Laszlo, Atlanta, Georgia

Provenance:
Theodore Zoumpoulakis, M. Roussos, and Moise, Athens and Paris, prior to 1926.
Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), Paris & New York, acquired from the above, 5 November 1926.
Ella Bache Brummer, New York, 1964-1999; thence by descent to her nephew, Dr. John Laszlo, Atlanta, Georgia.

Published:
D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd ed., Oxford, 1963, no. 731.12
Galerie Koller and Spink & Son, Zurich, The Ernest Brummer Collection: Ancient Art, Vol. II, 16-19 October 1979, no. 702 (illus.).
For The Brummer Gallery Records at The Metropolitan Museum Cloisters Library and Archive, see Object Inventory Card Number: A129 [https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/60355/rec/5]

Condition Report

Inspected under UV light and 10x loupe. Restored from several fragments. Notable chips and losses particularly to lid and break lines. Generally weathered surface. Inventory labels affixed to bottom and "160" written on lid. Overall in fine and stable condition. See additional images.

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