Lot 225|VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE AMPHORA
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Closed28 April 2009
Price Realised
GBP 20,000
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE AMPHORA
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: nine figures in two registers, the upper with seated female holding wreath and phiale looking back at a naked seated youth with thyrsos, and a standing female with garland and phiale who looks towards a naked seated youth with staff, the lower register with seated female offering phiale to standing naked youth with wreath and flower, and a naked youth leaning on a staff with arm outstretched towards a seated female with casket, another standing youth with staff to right, the shoulder with female bust emerging from a large flower with acanthus leaves and surrounding scrolling tendrils
Side B: four offering bearers around a stele tied with a black fillet, a large kylix above
Palmettes under the handles, band of meander and dotted squares below, vine tendrils around the rim, details in added yellow and white
35½ in. (90 cm.) high
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: nine figures in two registers, the upper with seated female holding wreath and phiale looking back at a naked seated youth with thyrsos, and a standing female with garland and phiale who looks towards a naked seated youth with staff, the lower register with seated female offering phiale to standing naked youth with wreath and flower, and a naked youth leaning on a staff with arm outstretched towards a seated female with casket, another standing youth with staff to right, the shoulder with female bust emerging from a large flower with acanthus leaves and surrounding scrolling tendrils
Side B: four offering bearers around a stele tied with a black fillet, a large kylix above
Palmettes under the handles, band of meander and dotted squares below, vine tendrils around the rim, details in added yellow and white
35½ in. (90 cm.) high
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE AMPHORA
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: nine figures in two registers, the upper with seated female holding wreath and phiale looking back at a naked seated youth with thyrsos, and a standing female with garland and phiale who looks towards a naked seated youth with staff, the lower register with seated female offering phiale to standing naked youth with wreath and flower, and a naked youth leaning on a staff with arm outstretched towards a seated female with casket, another standing youth with staff to right, the shoulder with female bust emerging from a large flower with acanthus leaves and surrounding scrolling tendrils
Side B: four offering bearers around a stele tied with a black fillet, a large kylix above
Palmettes under the handles, band of meander and dotted squares below, vine tendrils around the rim, details in added yellow and white
35½ in. (90 cm.) high
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: nine figures in two registers, the upper with seated female holding wreath and phiale looking back at a naked seated youth with thyrsos, and a standing female with garland and phiale who looks towards a naked seated youth with staff, the lower register with seated female offering phiale to standing naked youth with wreath and flower, and a naked youth leaning on a staff with arm outstretched towards a seated female with casket, another standing youth with staff to right, the shoulder with female bust emerging from a large flower with acanthus leaves and surrounding scrolling tendrils
Side B: four offering bearers around a stele tied with a black fillet, a large kylix above
Palmettes under the handles, band of meander and dotted squares below, vine tendrils around the rim, details in added yellow and white
35½ in. (90 cm.) high
Formerly in a Japanese private collection, acquired during the 1970s-1980s.
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.
A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report from Oxford Authentication Ltd. accompanies this lot.