LOT 89 | RED FIGURE BELL KRATER ATTRIBUTED TO PYTHON | PAESTUM, C. This rare piece is from a wider but still limited corpus of unsigned works attributed to him. Only two signed works by Python are known and both reside in institutions: one in The British Museum (1890,0210.1) and the second in the Paestum Museum (21370). Alongside his tutor (and possible relative) Asteas, Python produced works purely in the red-figure style, largely conforming to traditional mythological and Dionysian scenes. His workshop was located roughly fifty miles south of modern Naples in the port city of Paestum, styled by its Greek founders after the sea god Poseidon. ![]() The vase painter Python is one of only two such artists from ancient Italy whose names have survived on extant works.
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