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ATTRIBUTED TO THE SIREN CITHARIST CIRCA 340 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE
attributed to the siren citharist
circa 340 b.c.
The A-side with a standing winged Eros amidst an elaborate florals, with double palmettes on the neck, a band of dotted ovolo and beads below; the B-side with a draped female figure seated before a winged Eros, each with a fillet in hand, Eros holding a fan in his left hand, fillets and rosettes in the field, a laurel wreath with a central rosette on the neck, a band of tongue and beads below, a band of meander below the scenes, palmette complexes under the handles, details in added red, white, and yellow
176 in. (44.6 cm.) high
attributed to the siren citharist
circa 340 b.c.
The A-side with a standing winged Eros amidst an elaborate florals, with double palmettes on the neck, a band of dotted ovolo and beads below; the B-side with a draped female figure seated before a winged Eros, each with a fillet in hand, Eros holding a fan in his left hand, fillets and rosettes in the field, a laurel wreath with a central rosette on the neck, a band of tongue and beads below, a band of meander below the scenes, palmette complexes under the handles, details in added red, white, and yellow
176 in. (44.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 9 December 1988, lot 171
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 328
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 328
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, The First Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, no. 18/334b1.
Schauenburg, JdI 104, 1989, pl. 22, pp. 1-60.
Schauenburg, JdI 104, 1989, pl. 22, pp. 1-60.