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Item one (hydria): ink inscribed "1788.SU" on base. Item two (lekythos): remains of old ink inscribed label on base.
380-360 B.C.
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA
380-360 B.C.
Decorated with a naked youth pursuing a fleeing draped woman who looks back at him, she holds a wreath in her hand, a bird flying between them, volute plant below, a dotted 'S'-scroll on the shoulder, laurel leaf branch on the neck, repaired with small hole, 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high; a South Italian red-figure squat lekythos, the body with a profile female head facing to left, a thyrsos and quartered ball behind, large palmette under the handle, frieze of black-figure palmettes around the shoulder, 4th Century B.C., 9 in. (22.9 cm.) high; a black glazed kylix with twin handles, 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam.; a black glazed stemless cup, the interior stamped with central rosette, conjoined palmettes and rouletting, metallic sheen, repaired, 4 1/8 in. (10.3 cm.) diam.; a black glazed kantharos with lower ribbed body, incised fillets on each side, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; an Attic black glazed single handled dish, concentric black circles on the base, handle repaired, 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam., all 5th-3rd Century B.C.; and an Etruscan bucchero ware kantharos, foot repaired, 6th Century B.C., 4 in. (10.1 cm.) high (7)
380-360 B.C.
Decorated with a naked youth pursuing a fleeing draped woman who looks back at him, she holds a wreath in her hand, a bird flying between them, volute plant below, a dotted 'S'-scroll on the shoulder, laurel leaf branch on the neck, repaired with small hole, 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high; a South Italian red-figure squat lekythos, the body with a profile female head facing to left, a thyrsos and quartered ball behind, large palmette under the handle, frieze of black-figure palmettes around the shoulder, 4th Century B.C., 9 in. (22.9 cm.) high; a black glazed kylix with twin handles, 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam.; a black glazed stemless cup, the interior stamped with central rosette, conjoined palmettes and rouletting, metallic sheen, repaired, 4 1/8 in. (10.3 cm.) diam.; a black glazed kantharos with lower ribbed body, incised fillets on each side, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; an Attic black glazed single handled dish, concentric black circles on the base, handle repaired, 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam., all 5th-3rd Century B.C.; and an Etruscan bucchero ware kantharos, foot repaired, 6th Century B.C., 4 in. (10.1 cm.) high (7)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's father approximately 50 years ago.
Special notice
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