Live Auction 21930Ancient to Modern Art from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Part I
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
Lot 16

AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA

ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE LOUVRE CENTAUROMACHY, CIRCA 440-430 B.C.

Closed7 December 2023

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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE LOUVRE CENTAUROMACHY, CIRCA 440-430 B.C.
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high

Cyrus J. Lawrence (1832-1908), New York; thence by descent.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Art Treasures Collected by the Well-Known Connoisseur, The Late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq., American Art Galleries, New York, 21-22 January 1910, lot 268.
Charles H. Collins, New York, acquired from the above.
Sid and Idelle Port, Santa Monica.
with Charles Ede, London, 2003 (Pottery from Athens, vol. XVII, no. 16).
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2012.

Specialist note


The Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy, who takes his name from a large column krater now in the Louvre (G 363), mostly preferred the larger surfaces of kraters and hydriai, of which there are several known examples in museum collections in Europe and America. There are however only a handful of seven known neck amphoras by this painter, where he favours scenes with two figures. On this vase there is a departure scene with a draped female clasping the hand of a departing warrior who is holding a round shield with a scorpion device.