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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

Condition: intact.