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CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
The obverse with a maenad and Eros, the maenad moving left but looking back, wearing a chiton, holding a grape cluster in her right hand, a tympanum in her left, Eros approaching from the right, holding a fillet and a wreath, a window between them; the reverse with two draped youths, each holding a staff, a wreath and a fillet between them; a band of meander with dotted squares below, laurel above, palmettes below the handles, details in added white
15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
The obverse with a maenad and Eros, the maenad moving left but looking back, wearing a chiton, holding a grape cluster in her right hand, a tympanum in her left, Eros approaching from the right, holding a fillet and a wreath, a window between them; the reverse with two draped youths, each holding a staff, a wreath and a fillet between them; a band of meander with dotted squares below, laurel above, palmettes below the handles, details in added white
15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Jonathan Mankowitz, London.
English Private Collection, prior to 1980.
English Private Collection, prior to 1980.