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APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A CANOSAN POTTERY FIGURAL VASE
APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With a winged Nike driving a quadriga to the left, her wings and the chariot box blue, her hair red, the horses all rearing, on a pink ground, atop a blue groundline, bands of alternating pink and blue ovolo above and below, rosettes and a palmette on the shoulders, surmounted by a standing winged female on a rectangular plinth, flanked by feathers, clad in a short-sleeved chiton, her left arm akimbo, her right arm at her side, the back of her neck joined to the forward-curving handle, with a rosette on the front
21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) high
APULIA, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With a winged Nike driving a quadriga to the left, her wings and the chariot box blue, her hair red, the horses all rearing, on a pink ground, atop a blue groundline, bands of alternating pink and blue ovolo above and below, rosettes and a palmette on the shoulders, surmounted by a standing winged female on a rectangular plinth, flanked by feathers, clad in a short-sleeved chiton, her left arm akimbo, her right arm at her side, the back of her neck joined to the forward-curving handle, with a rosette on the front
21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Switzerland, 1980s.
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