Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020

Lot 3

An Attic black figure lekythos circa 6th century BC depicting a quadriga scene

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £420

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Description

An Attic black figure lekythos

circa 6th century BC

depicting a quadriga scene, with two charioteers, a figure next to the horse and another in front, enlivened with incisions, with three rows of dots above and dashes to the shoulders,

19cm high.

Provenance

Col. Matthews of Lydney, Glos., UK.

Faustus Galleries, 94 Jermyn Street, London, stock number A2044.

Evan David Robert Stone QC, from the above Jan. 1980 and thence by descent.

A copy of the Faustus Galleries invoice is available.