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THE PROPERTY OF A LOUISIANA COLLECTION
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
Details
A PAESTAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
The obverse with Dionysos seated to the right, a phiale in his right hand, a filleted thyrsos in his left, a bearded satyr before him, bejewelled and holding a wreath in one hand, a filleted thyrsos in the other; the reverse with two draped youths with wreaths in their hair, both holding staffs; a band of wave encircling the vase below the scenes, a band of laurel below the rim, palmettes and tendrils below the handles, details in added white, yellow and red
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
The obverse with Dionysos seated to the right, a phiale in his right hand, a filleted thyrsos in his left, a bearded satyr before him, bejewelled and holding a wreath in one hand, a filleted thyrsos in the other; the reverse with two draped youths with wreaths in their hair, both holding staffs; a band of wave encircling the vase below the scenes, a band of laurel below the rim, palmettes and tendrils below the handles, details in added white, yellow and red
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 152.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 152.