Dionysus and Maenads
Large red-figured stamnos. Attic.Clay.
Attributed to the Phiale Painter.
Ca. 440 BCE.
Height 43.5 cm. Sotheby’s Auction House, New York
Dionysus and Maenads.
Large red-figured stamnos. Attic.
Clay.
Attributed to the Phiale Painter.
Ca. 440 BCE.
Height 43.5 cm.
Clay.
Attributed to the Phiale Painter.
Ca. 440 BCE.
Height 43.5 cm.
Sotheby’s Auction House, New York.
Origin:
Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel.
Andre Emmerich, New York, 1968.
Sotheby’s, New York, June 8th, 2011, lot 14. Estimate 70,000—100,000 USD. Price realized: 194,500 USD.
Andre Emmerich, New York, 1968.
Sotheby’s, New York, June 8th, 2011, lot 14. Estimate 70,000—
Description:
A large Attic red-figured stamnos, attributed to the Phiale Painter, circa 440 B. C.
painted with Dionysos walking to right, holding a kantharos and thyrsos, and accompanied by two maenads, one bearing a wreath of ivy, the other holding a torch and oinochoe, the reverse with a gesturing old satyr standing between two maenads holding thyrsoi, an encircling band of meanders and crossed squares below, linked palmettes in the handle zones, tongues on the shoulder.
Height 17
Literature:
Andre Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York, Art of the Ancients: Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. An Exhibition organized in Cooperation with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basle, Switzerland, February 7th—March 13th, 1968, pp. 30—31, no. 38, ill.
John Oakley, The Phiale Painter, Mainz, 1991, pp. 36, 51, 80, no. 84bis, and pl. 67
Beazley Archive Pottery Database, no. 31374.
John Oakley, The Phiale Painter, Mainz, 1991, pp. 36, 51, 80, no. 84bis, and pl. 67
Beazley Archive Pottery Database, no. 31374.
Credits:
© 2011. Photo, text: Sotheby’s Auction House (Sale N08762 Lot 14).
Keywords: κεραμικά ceramics clay terracotta ceramica keramik céramique ελλάδα grecia graecia hellas greece griechenland grèce αττική attika attica attic attique technique tecnica vasenmalerei ερυθρόμορφος red figure red-figure red-figured a rosse rotfigurige rotfiguriger à figures rouges stamnos ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque διώνυσος dionysus dioniso dionysos μαινάδα μαινάδες mainades maenas maenades maenad maenads menade menadi mänade mänaden ménade ménades female dress clothes clothing garment abbigliamento femminile damenbekleidung vêtements pour femmes γυναικεία ρούχα hairdo hairstyle pettinatura acconciatura weibliche frisur coiffure féminine θηλυκό χτένισμα male maschile herrenbekleidung hommes ανδρικά tirso thyrse thyrsus θύρσος thyrsos ivy wreath corona di edera efeukranz couronne de lierre hedera στεφάνι κισσού beard bearded man barba uomo barbuto bart bärtiger mann barbe homme barbu barbatum γενειάδα γενειοφόρος άνθρωπος band ribbon fillet tenia tänie binden tænia ténia taenia tainia ταινία fastener clasp brooch fibbia spilla fibel schließe fibule fibula cantaro canthare cantarôsse kantharos cantharus κάνθαρος palmette palmetta frizzle curl arricciamento arricciolamento ricciolo riccio krause ringel frisure frisottis meandro mäander méandre meander meandros μαίανδρος floral ornament vegetal motif ornamento floreale blumenverzierung ornement στολίδι torch torcia fackel torche flambeau δαυλός œnochoé oenochoe oinochoe οινοχόη wine vino wein vin κρασί egg moulding ovolo mouldings ovoli ove oves cross croce kreuz croix goat skin pelle capra ziegenfell peau chèvre animal animale tierhaut d’animal row of tongues tongue-like linguiform pattern phiale painter phiale-maler
