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Greek, Athens (Attic), manner of the Haimon Group, ca. 500 to 490 BCE. A sizeable Haimonian cup-skyphos decorated via the black-figure technique. Each side is depicted with two charioteers in their long gowns - one behind the other - each one standing and commanding the reins of two horses. Incised details further define the figures and their horses' forms and trappings, with grapevines in the field. Just imagine it sold outside the stadium, akin to today's team hats and jerseys. Concentric circles mark the underside of the base. Size: 13.25" W x 5.875" H (33.7 cm x 14.9 cm)

This vessel has been attributed to the Haimon Group because of the resemblance of its style of drawing to that of the Haimon Painter, an anonymous painter named by C.H.E. Haspels and John Beazley on account of a recurring subject depicted on his black-figure vases - the Sphinx and his victim Haimon. To see a vessel painted in a similar manner, see this skyphos (accession number 91.1.457) in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245614.

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

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  • Condition: Repaired from multiple pieces with restoration and areas of repainting over the break lines. Makers mark on underside.

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