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Lot 12
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NOLAN AMPHORA
MANNER OF THE PAINTER OF LONDON E342, CIRCA 475-425 B.C.
Closed4 December 2018
Price Realised
GBP 13,750
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Specialist note
PUBLISHED:
J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-painters, Oxford, 1963, p. 669, no. 3.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 207849.
This type of vase is called a Nolan amphora, after the archaeological site at Nola, Italy, where the first examples of the shape were discovered. Nolan amphorae have a distinctive shape, which is characterized by an ovoid body, an elongated flaring neck, an inverted lip with grooves for a lid, and handles that rise from the shoulder and join the piece at the base of the neck. They were most likely used to store wine, olives, or oil.
For a Nolan amphora by the same painter, with a similar scene of a youth leaning on his stick, compare p. 670, nos. 11 and 12 in J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-painters, Oxford, 1963.
J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-painters, Oxford, 1963, p. 669, no. 3.
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 207849.
This type of vase is called a Nolan amphora, after the archaeological site at Nola, Italy, where the first examples of the shape were discovered. Nolan amphorae have a distinctive shape, which is characterized by an ovoid body, an elongated flaring neck, an inverted lip with grooves for a lid, and handles that rise from the shoulder and join the piece at the base of the neck. They were most likely used to store wine, olives, or oil.
For a Nolan amphora by the same painter, with a similar scene of a youth leaning on his stick, compare p. 670, nos. 11 and 12 in J.D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-painters, Oxford, 1963.