A FRAGMENTARY GREEK MARBLE LOUTROPHOROS INSCRIBED FOR KOLYMBAS, ATTIC, 1ST HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

A FRAGMENTARY GREEK MARBLE LOUTROPHOROS INSCRIBED FOR KOLYMBAS, ATTIC, 1ST HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

the body carved in low relief with a warrior attacking a fallen opponent, holding a shield on his left arm, raising a spear (originally painted) with his right hand, and wearing a chiton, cuirass, and helmet, his opponent wearing an exomis, raising his right arm behind his head, and supporting himself with his left arm, the Greek inscription ΚΟΛΥ-ΜΒΑΣ engraved above the warrior; foot restored in wood, neck and handles in plaster.
Height as restored 105 cm; height of body circa 41 cm.

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Provenance:
the art historian René Huyghe (1906-1997), Paris, acquired prior to 1974

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Tessier-Sarrou, commissaires-priseurs, Hommage à René Huyghe, June 5th, 2019, no. 173, illus. (as "style grec")

Published

René Huyghe, Ce que je crois, Paris, 1974, cover illus.