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CIRCA 330-310 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED LOUTROPHOROS
CIRCA 330-310 B.C.
Decorated in two registers, the upper register of the obverse with a female at the center seated on an x-form folding stool, facing left with a filled patera in her outstretched right hand, a female before her stepping onto an Ionic column capital, a wreath in her right hand, a fillet in her left, a ball of wool and a fillet behind, a female behind the central figure standing beside a pillar, a fan in her right hand, a ball of wool in her left, a fillet before her, the lower register with a female on either side of a filleted stele, that to the left seated on an Ionic column capital, a mirror in her right hand, a ball of wool in her left, a fillet behind her, that to the right seated on a mantle, a filled kalathos in her right hand with a fillet hanging below; a band of key between the registers, the shoulders with a frontal female bust emerging from a calyx, surrounded by buds and scrolling, a band of rosettes alternating with disks and a band of dotted ovolo below, bands of key, dotted ovolo, rays, rosettes, ovolo and a palmette above; the upper register of the reverse with a female and a nude youth walking to the left, the female looking back, an altar before her, a fan in her right hand, a box and a fillet in her left, the youth with a situla in his right hand, a filleted thyrsos in his left, the lower register with a female seated on either side of a filleted stele, each holding the end of a fillet and looking back, that to the left with a mirror in her right hand, that to the right with a fan in her left hand, an alabastron behind; a band of laurel between the registers, a palmette complex on the shoulder, a band of rosettes below, bands of dotted ovolo, rosettes, tongues, key and a palmette above, wave below the rim, ovolo on the exterior of the rim, two stacked palmettes below the handles, a band of meander with dotted cross-squares encircling below, the elaborate handles with white edging, laurel on the outer face, details in added white and yellow
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 330-310 B.C.
Decorated in two registers, the upper register of the obverse with a female at the center seated on an x-form folding stool, facing left with a filled patera in her outstretched right hand, a female before her stepping onto an Ionic column capital, a wreath in her right hand, a fillet in her left, a ball of wool and a fillet behind, a female behind the central figure standing beside a pillar, a fan in her right hand, a ball of wool in her left, a fillet before her, the lower register with a female on either side of a filleted stele, that to the left seated on an Ionic column capital, a mirror in her right hand, a ball of wool in her left, a fillet behind her, that to the right seated on a mantle, a filled kalathos in her right hand with a fillet hanging below; a band of key between the registers, the shoulders with a frontal female bust emerging from a calyx, surrounded by buds and scrolling, a band of rosettes alternating with disks and a band of dotted ovolo below, bands of key, dotted ovolo, rays, rosettes, ovolo and a palmette above; the upper register of the reverse with a female and a nude youth walking to the left, the female looking back, an altar before her, a fan in her right hand, a box and a fillet in her left, the youth with a situla in his right hand, a filleted thyrsos in his left, the lower register with a female seated on either side of a filleted stele, each holding the end of a fillet and looking back, that to the left with a mirror in her right hand, that to the right with a fan in her left hand, an alabastron behind; a band of laurel between the registers, a palmette complex on the shoulder, a band of rosettes below, bands of dotted ovolo, rosettes, tongues, key and a palmette above, wave below the rim, ovolo on the exterior of the rim, two stacked palmettes below the handles, a band of meander with dotted cross-squares encircling below, the elaborate handles with white edging, laurel on the outer face, details in added white and yellow
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Switzerland, 1995.
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