A FALISCAN RED-FIGURE KYLIX

CIRCA 380-360 B.C.

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A FALISCAN RED-FIGURE KYLIX
circa 380-360 b.c.
The tondo with a seated woman to the left, a mantle around her waist with a tongue border and a star pattern throughout, a bandolier across her nude torso, a rayed diadem in her curly locks, coiled bracelets on her fore-arms, her left arm raised, her right arm at her side, facing a nude youth with a mantle across his shoulders, leaning forward on a staff, a laurel wreath in his hair, grapes and a fillet in the field, framed by a border of meander with saltire and checkered squares; both sides of the exterior with a draped woman between a draped and a nude youth, palmette complexes below the handles
10 in. (26.7 cm) in diameter, excluding the handles

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