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APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A CANOSAN POLYCHROME POTTERY OINOCHOE
APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With a goddess driving a quadriga to the left, wearing a blue chiton and a purple mantle billowing behind, pinned with a white brooch, adorned with a rayed diadem and nimbus, bracelets and earrings, a filleted goad in her raised left hand, the red reins in her right, the chariot red, the rearing horses joined by red reins, each with a blue collar with white beads and red pendants, a blue and pink rosette in the field before the lead horse, a filleted stele on either side framing the scene, all on a pink ground, orange below, blue rosettes with white dots on pink and alternating pink and blue ovolo above, the pink neck with a molded standing figure of Eros with blue wings, holding a pink mantle draped around his back side, orange for his hair, pulled up in a chignon, the ribbed handle with a molded frontal head for the handle-plate, with orange hair, pink lips and earrings, the front of the handle with a similar head on the interior of the trefoil mouth, tongues on the rim
22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm.) high
APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With a goddess driving a quadriga to the left, wearing a blue chiton and a purple mantle billowing behind, pinned with a white brooch, adorned with a rayed diadem and nimbus, bracelets and earrings, a filleted goad in her raised left hand, the red reins in her right, the chariot red, the rearing horses joined by red reins, each with a blue collar with white beads and red pendants, a blue and pink rosette in the field before the lead horse, a filleted stele on either side framing the scene, all on a pink ground, orange below, blue rosettes with white dots on pink and alternating pink and blue ovolo above, the pink neck with a molded standing figure of Eros with blue wings, holding a pink mantle draped around his back side, orange for his hair, pulled up in a chignon, the ribbed handle with a molded frontal head for the handle-plate, with orange hair, pink lips and earrings, the front of the handle with a similar head on the interior of the trefoil mouth, tongues on the rim
22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired in 1977.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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