An Attic black-figure olpe
Circa 500 B.C.
Depicting Dionysus standing on the left, offering a cup to Ariadne on the right, a dog at their feet, with vines in the field, 9in (22.6cm) high
Circa 500 B.C.
Depicting Dionysus standing on the left, offering a cup to Ariadne on the right, a dog at their feet, with vines in the field, 9in (22.6cm) high
Sold for
£4,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
American private collection, formed between the 1970s and 1980s.
Acquired by the present owner in New York in 1994. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.
Literature:
For a similar scene of Dionysus and Ariadne on an amphora in the British Museum (B256), cf. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, London, British Museum 4, III.H.e, pl.63, fig.2A-B.
Category: Antiquities
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