Lot 169
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE LIDDED MUG, RELATED TO THE ALABASTRA GROUP
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE LIDDED MUG, RELATED TO THE ALABASTRA GROUP

340-320 B.C.

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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE LIDDED MUG, RELATED TO THE ALABASTRA GROUP
340-320 B.C.
The body with a seated figure of winged Eros amidst elaborate scrolling floral tendrils, band of meander around the neck and wave pattern below the flaring rim, palmettes below the knotted bifurcating handle, details in added white, the knopped lid with profile head of a woman and palmettes, handle and knop of lid repaired
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired during the 1970s.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, First Supplement, London, 1983, p. 104, no. 21/45b; Exhibition catalogues: de Warande, Grieks & Italisch Aardewerk, Turnhout, 1986, p. 44, coll. 211; and Céramiques antiques de Grèce et d'Italie dans le patrimoine liégeois, Liège, 1987, p. 61, no. 56.

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