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CIRCA 400-380 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS
CIRCA 400-380 B.C.
Side A: Dionysos with thyrsos stands facing a maenad, wearing animal skin, carrying an oinochoe in her right hand and holding out a phiale, a column and wreath between them
Side B: a youth, nude save for an himation, stands with staff facing a draped woman offering an aryballos
Double palmettes with scrolling tendrils under each handle, a line of meander and saltire crosses below, repaired
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 400-380 B.C.
Side A: Dionysos with thyrsos stands facing a maenad, wearing animal skin, carrying an oinochoe in her right hand and holding out a phiale, a column and wreath between them
Side B: a youth, nude save for an himation, stands with staff facing a draped woman offering an aryballos
Double palmettes with scrolling tendrils under each handle, a line of meander and saltire crosses below, repaired
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Ybe van der Wielen, Switzerland, acquired during the 1970s.
Special notice
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