Lotto 63 | Attic Red-Figure Fragment Possibly by the Nikoxenos Painter, ca. 500 BC; height cm 10, length cm 8,5

Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey

Attic Red-Figure Fragment Possibly by the Nikoxenos Painter, ca. 500 BC; height cm 10, length cm 8,5

Attic Red-Figure Fragment Possibly by the Nikoxenos Painter, ca. 500 BC; height cm 10, length cm 8,5; Very fine fragment depicting a chariot race. Standing on his racing chariot, the charioteer is depicted in a lively race. He clutches the reins of his mares with both his hands. Behind him, the other paws of the his rival chariot's horses. From the neck of a volute-krater. Provenance: property of a Swiss Collector; with Oswald Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the M. Hess Collection (Hotel Jura, Basel).