Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020

Lot 1

An Attic black figure skyphos circa 6th - 5th century BC each side decorated with a seated male...

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £950

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Description

An Attic black figure skyphos

circa 6th - 5th century BC

each side decorated with a seated male figure and a ram with an attendant either side, both walking away and looking backwards, a double row of dots under the rim and a single row along the foot, the base with inscribed inventory numbers 31802, CMF?, 487,

25.5cm across the handles.

Provenance

Dr Ferdinand Mainzer, Collection, 1871 - 1943.

Lucie John (nee Mainzer)

Gisela Stone (nee John)

Evan David Robert Stone QC and thence by descent.