Attributed To: N P by BEAZLEY NIKOSTHENES by SIGNATURE
Decoration: A,B: FLORAL, LOTUS BUD AND PALMETTE CHAIN, LOTUS BUDS Neck A and B: FLORAL, LOTUS BUD AND PALMETTE CROSS On rim: DOLPHINS Shoulder: NOSE AND EYE BETWEEN PALMETTES
Last Recorded Collection: Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria
Previous Collections:
Northampton, Castle Ashby
Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956): 221.40 Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 58 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: NORTHAMPTON, CASTLE ASHBY, 11, PL.(674) 19.1-3 View Whole CVA Plates
CAVI Collection: MELBOURNE, NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA.
CAVI Lemma: BF NIKOSTHENIC NECK AMPHORA. PAINTER N. NIKOSTHENES, POTTER. 530-520. CA. 530
(CVA).
CAVI Subject: AT THE TOPSIDE OF THE MOUTH: DOLPHINS. NECK AND HANDLES: FLORALS. SHOULDER:
A, B, EACH: BETWEEN PALMETTES, NOSE AND EYE. UNDER EACH HANDLE: A SNAKE. BODY:
TWO DECORATIVE FRIEZES.
CAVI Inscriptions: A: SHOULDER: ABOVE THE EYE, BUT STARTING A BIT TO LEFT, OVER THE LEFT
PALMETTE, HORIZONTAL BUT NOT QUITE STRAIGHT: Nικοσθενες εποιεσεν.
CAVI Comments: EX CASTLE ASHBY. THE HAND IS TYPICAL OF PAINTER N.
CAVI Number: 5080
AVI Bibliography: PHOTO. — FURTWäNGLER (1881A), 302/2. — FRöHNER (1888), 46/106. — BEAZLEY
(1929B), 6/10. — ABV (1956), 221/40. — J. BOARDMAN AND M. ROBERTSON, CVA
NORTHAMPTON, CASTLE ASHBY, GREAT BRITAIN 15 (1979), CASTLE ASHBY (1979), NO.
117, PL. 19,1-3; PL. 19,3 SHOWS INSCRIPTION. — ADD.[2] (1989), 58.
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
