< Previous23A MINIATURE HYDRIA (NEAR THE POLOS PAINTER) H. 17.2 cm. Clay. Greek, Attic, ca. 570 B.C. CHF 6,400 A miniature hydria decorated in the mode of Late Corinthian painters with tiers of sphinxes and confronted lions with incised rosettes in the interstices. However, the distinctly red fabric and stylized lions and sphinxes signal an Athenian imitation of the popular contem- porary style. Reassembled from fragments. Formerly Coll. Prof. Hans Dahn, Lausanne (1919–2019), acquired in Paris 16.7.1952. Close to a small hydria of the Polos Painter currently in Bochum, Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Uni- versität, inv. no. S480.24A LID FRAGMENT WITH ROOSTERS AND A FELINE W. 14.2 cm. Clay. Greek, Attic, mid–6th cent. B.C. CHF 1,400 A lid fragment preserved from the loss of the handle to the squared edge. The main frieze is populated by animals: roosters confront one another, their plumage glorious in added red. A large palmette with snaky vines terminating in buds between them, while a feline retreats to the right. A band of rosettes along the lip. With Gorny and Mosch, Auction 11.7.2006, lot 710. Thereafter priv. coll. France.25A LARGE FRAGMENT OF A SIANA CUP W. 16.8 cm. Clay. Greek, Attic, ca. 550 B.C. CHF 2,600 A cavalcade of armed riders process to the left around the rim of what would have been a large Siana cup. At the right, a bird flies towards the right, emphasizing the apparent speed of the horsemen. Liberal use of added white and red. Paint abraded in places. Formerly priv. coll. North Germany, acquired between 1970 and 1990. Close parallels in terms of shape and decoration can be found in Hannover, Kestner Museum, inv. no. 1959.1, Athens, National Museum, inv. no. 530 and Taranto, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. no. 5843.26A BLACK-FIGURE LEKYTHOS WITH THE RETURN OF HEPHAISTOS H. 19.1 cm. Clay. Greek, Attic, ca. 520–510 B.C. CHF 7,800 A lively Dionysian procession rollicks around the body of this small lekythos. Hephaistos has been installed upon an excited donkey, while Dionysos, voluminously draped and bearing a thriving ivy vine, leads the procession. A prancing, pot-bellied satyr to the rear. Surface somewhat worn. Handle reattached at neck. Formerly priv. coll. E. W., Zurich, acquired in the early 1970s. Thence by descent in the family.Next >