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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE AMPHORA
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE AMPHORA
Attributed to the Wolfenbüttel Painter
Circa 350-340 B.C.
The A-side with a youth standing within a naiskos, with a male offering bearer to the left holding a branch, and a female offering bearer to the right with a patera and wreath; the B-side with three draped youths, with a band of meander with saltire squares below each scene, a band of laurel below the rim, palmettes on the neck, vertical lines on the shoulder, with an additional band of wave on the A-side, palmettes below each handle, repaired from fragments
28 1/2 in. (71.12 cm) high
Attributed to the Wolfenbüttel Painter
Circa 350-340 B.C.
The A-side with a youth standing within a naiskos, with a male offering bearer to the left holding a branch, and a female offering bearer to the right with a patera and wreath; the B-side with three draped youths, with a band of meander with saltire squares below each scene, a band of laurel below the rim, palmettes on the neck, vertical lines on the shoulder, with an additional band of wave on the A-side, palmettes below each handle, repaired from fragments
28 1/2 in. (71.12 cm) high
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, no. 13/189a, p. 1062.
Fifty Paintings and Sculptures from the Collection of the Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, p. 76.
Fifty Paintings and Sculptures from the Collection of the Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, p. 76.