A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER

ATTRIBUTED TO PYTHON, CIRCA 340 B.C.

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A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
Attributed to Python, Circa 340 B.C.
One side with a satyr, nude but for a beaded bandolier, a panther skin drpaed over his left arm, a phiale in his raised left hand, a wreath hanging from his fingers, a thyrsus leaning against his left arm, offering an egg to an eager hound, an altar to the right; the other side with a standing veiled woman draped in a himation over a black chiton with a dotted border, holding a hydria in her left hand, a wreath with a hanging fillet in the field, a short column to the left; a large fanning palmette below each handle, with a split palmette on either side of the handles, a band of laurel below the rim, a band of wave below the scenes
12¼ in. (31.1 cm) high
Provenance
Sir William Hamilton
Thomas Hope, London
C. E. Galt, Stockholm
Literature
Tischbein, Collections of Engravings from Ancient Vases Discovered in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Between 1789-90, Now in the Possession of Sir William Hamilton, p. 29-30.
Trendall, Paestan Pottery, no. 135.
Trendall, "Paestan Pottery: a Revision and a Supplement," no. 180.
Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum, no. 315.

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