Apulian Red Figure Oinochoe - Man Spinning Thread
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Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 4th century BCE. A lovely trefoil spouted oinochoe, beautifully decorated via the red-figure technique to depict a nude youth who sits while spinning thread and looks back over his shoulder. A large stylized palmette adorns the area below the strap handle, and an egg-and-dart band embellishes the neck, just below the trefoil spout. Finally, white fugitive pigment was used to delineate the thread, headdress, and details in the field as shown. A beautiful example replete with a timeless form, a rare scene, and expert attention to detail! Size: 4" in diameter x 6.375" H (10.2 cm x 16.2 cm)
Perhaps the most exciting innovation in Greek vase painting was the red-figure technique, invented in Athens around 525 BCE and beloved by other artists of Magna Graecia. The red-figure technique allowed for much greater flexibility as opposed to the black-figure technique, for now the artist could use a soft, pliable brush rather than a rigid metal graver to delineate interior details, play with the thickness of the lines, as well as build up or dilute glazes to create chromatic effects. The painter would create figures by outlining them in the natural red of the vase, and then enrich these figural forms with black lines to suggest volume, at times perspectival depth, and movement, bringing those silhouettes and their environs to life. Beyond this, fugitive pigments made it possible for the artist to create additional layers of interest and detail as we see in this example.
Provenance: ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, auction 09/20/2019 Lot# 418; ex-Mr. & Mrs. Dalen Bayes, Washington, USA; ex-Fragments of Time, Medfield, Massachusetts, USA; ex-Swiss private collection, acquired prior to January 2001
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#153416
Condition Report: Minute nicks to rim. Slight surface wear commensurate with age. A few areas of touch up to pigment, particularly to handle and vicinity which may indicate repair, but if so, this was well done. Black glaze has developed a silvery iridescence in areas. Scattered surface deposits.
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**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 4th century BCE. A lovely trefoil spouted oinochoe, beautifully decorated via the red-figure technique to depict a nude youth who sits while spinning thread and looks back over his shoulder. A large stylized palmette adorns the area below the strap handle, and an egg-and-dart band embellishes the neck, just below the trefoil spout. Finally, white fugitive pigment was used to delineate the thread, headdress, and details in the field as shown. A beautiful example replete with a timeless form, a rare scene, and expert attention to detail! Size: 4" in diameter x 6.375" H (10.2 cm x 16.2 cm)
Perhaps the most exciting innovation in Greek vase painting was the red-figure technique, invented in Athens around 525 BCE and beloved by other artists of Magna Graecia. The red-figure technique allowed for much greater flexibility as opposed to the black-figure technique, for now the artist could use a soft, pliable brush rather than a rigid metal graver to delineate interior details, play with the thickness of the lines, as well as build up or dilute glazes to create chromatic effects. The painter would create figures by outlining them in the natural red of the vase, and then enrich these figural forms with black lines to suggest volume, at times perspectival depth, and movement, bringing those silhouettes and their environs to life. Beyond this, fugitive pigments made it possible for the artist to create additional layers of interest and detail as we see in this example.
Provenance: ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, auction 09/20/2019 Lot# 418; ex-Mr. & Mrs. Dalen Bayes, Washington, USA; ex-Fragments of Time, Medfield, Massachusetts, USA; ex-Swiss private collection, acquired prior to January 2001
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#153416
Condition Report: Minute nicks to rim. Slight surface wear commensurate with age. A few areas of touch up to pigment, particularly to handle and vicinity which may indicate repair, but if so, this was well done. Black glaze has developed a silvery iridescence in areas. Scattered surface deposits.
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