Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Volume XXVI - 2015

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94 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE MINIATURE PANEL AMPHORA On both sides: Nude youth on horseback flanked by two draped figures. Ca. 500 BC. H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) Choice. Ex Athos Moretti collection, Bellinzona, Switzerland, 1984; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Basel in October 2002. 95 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE MINIATURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE, the central panel with a nude rider on horseback galloping to right; high, arching handle. Ca. 530-520 BC. H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) Rare in such a small size for an oinochoe. Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Bonham’s, London, in April 2005. 96 ATTIC SMALL BLACK-FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE Dionysos riding an ass; vines in the field. Ca. 500-475 BC. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in London in 1987. 97 ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS Two satyrs flanking a grapevine. A charming subject. Ca. 500 BC. H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) Ex French collection, acquired in 1950 at the Drouot; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Paris in March 2004.

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