1. An Attic Red Figure Pelike Attributed to the Tyszkiewicz Painter (Beazley) circa 470 B.C.

This small Pelike features a single figure with animal on a dotted ground line on each side. On the obverse a winged youth (Eros) swoops down to Earth to catch a hare. On the reverse a draped man is standing in profile to left with a staff in his right hand; at lower right a dog (Spitz or Maltese) stares up at his master. The homoerotic nature of these scenes is suggested by the hare which was a common love gift of older men to young boys. This Eros with animal recalls the famous lekythos in Boston by the Brygos painter on which a flying Eros carries a deer on the reverse of the Siren painter's name-vase on which one of the Three Flying Erotes carries a hare. The Tyskiewicz Painter was a major Athenian vase-painter whose style bridged the archaic and early classical periods. 10 1/2" h.

Ex-collection: Munzen and Medaillen A.G. Basel. Published J.D. Beazley, Attic Red Figure Vase Painters, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1963) 1643, no. 58bis; Andre Emmerich Gallery, Masterpieces of Greek Vase Painting (New York 1964), no. 27. Paralipomena (Oxford 1971) 356.

Provenance: From a Fine Private Collection, Cleveland, Ohio.

We are grateful to Dr. Jenifer Neils for her expertise and assistance in the research and cataloging of this lot.

15,000/25,000     SOLD: $10,350.00

2. An Attic Red Figure Lekythos, Attributed to the Klugmann Painter (Bothmer), circa 440 B.C.

The cylindrical lekythos (oil flask) with a reserved shoulder decorated with five black palmettes, the body decorated with a woman seated to right on a klismos (chair), playing a type of lyre known as the Phorminx. One of the identifying features of the Phorminx is the pair of circles painted on the sound box. A scarf is suspended at the upper left, a mirror at the upper right. The Klugmann Painter was exclusively a painter of lekythoi, both red-figure and outline on white-ground, and his compositions nearly always consisted of a single woman. This quiet domestic scene is a fine example of his restrained classical style. 11 3/4" h.

Ex-collection: Segredakis, Paris.
Published: J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase Painters, 2nd ed. (Oxford 1963) 1199, no. 29.

Provenance: From a Fine Private Collection, Cleveland, Ohio.

We are grateful to Dr. Jenifer Neils for her expertise and assistance in the research and cataloging of this lot.

10,000/15,000     SOLD: $6,900.00

3. An Attic Black Figure Kyathos, Possibly by the Caylus Painter, circa 500 B.C.

Decorated with a standing Dionysos with drinking horn and grapevine in the center with two pairs of dancing satyrs and maenads flanking. The painting enlivened with added white for the robe (chiton) of Dionysos and for the flesh of the maenads. The shape, a one-handled cup, is derived from an Etruscan form; this vase has very thin walls and a low ring foot. The decoration featuring the god of wine and his retinue is appropriate to the function of this vessel as a wine cup. Both the shape and the lively Dionysiac decoration were intended to appeal to Etruscan customers in Italy, where nearly all Kyathoi have been found. The present lot is possibly the Kyathos listed in J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena (Oxford 1971) 314, as Basel Market, Munzen and Medaillen A.G. 6" h. with handle.

Provenance: From a Fine Private Collection, Cleveland, Ohio.

We are grateful to Dr. Jenifer Neils for her expertise and assistance in the research and cataloging of this lot.

1,500/2,500     SOLD: $1,092.50

4. An Etruscan Terracotta Votive Head, circa 3rd Century B.C.

The hollow mold-made head of a youth with wavy locks framing the face, heavily lidded eyes, thick pursed lips, and rounded chin. 11 1/2" h.

5,000/7,000