Preemption by the Louvre Beneath Akhenaton's Gaze

Published on 23 February 2019, by La Gazette Drouot

Auction on 21 February 2019 - 18:00 (CET) - Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

A total of €1,677,546 for the two days devoted to classical archaeology by Pierre Bergé & Associés, and considerable satisfaction with the Musée du Louvre's preemption of this Attic krater with columns. The Paris museum has been assiduously adding ceramics to its Greek art department over the last few months. Already, on...

Attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Symposium", Attic, 5th-century BC (450-440),... Preemption by the Louvre Beneath Akhenaton's Gaze

Attributed to the Painter of the Louvre Symposium", Attic, 5th-century BC (450-440), krater with columns in black-glazed terracotta with red figures, decorated on one side with a centauromachy scene with Kaineus, and on the other with three young men standing in conversation, h. 47.5 cm (detail).
Result: €71,500

A total of €1,677,546 for the two days devoted to classical archaeology by Pierre Bergé & Associés, and considerable satisfaction with the Musée du Louvre's…

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