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Depicting four Greek hoplites wearing Corinthian helmets with shields flanked by a youth on the left and a bearded man on the right, both wearing ‘himations’ (cloaks). On the shoulder another youth stands between two sphinxes and two lions with a row of tongues above.

h. 35 cm

Greek Athenian, c. 560-550 BC

Pottery

Provenance

Originally in the collection of the poet and banker Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)
Thence by descent to his nephew Henry Sharpe
Sold Sotheby's London, London, 12th June 1967, lot 136
Ex American private collection, California
Acquired at Charles Ede, 5th April 2012, lot 9090T

Publications

Sothebys, Auction Catalogue, 13th June 1966, p. 63
Sotheby, Auction Catalogue, 12th June 1967, p. 58
J. D. Beazley, Paralipomena, At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1971, p. 51, no. 8
J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vases, Hacker Art Books, New York, 1978, p. 124, no. 8

Exhibitions

TEFAF, Maastricht, Netherlands — 2012
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from 2012

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Athenian Black-Figure Hydria (Greek Water Vessel) Attributed to the Painter of Louvre F6

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