.jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE S. BLUMENTHAL
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE LONG OVERFALLS, CIRCA 370-350 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE LONG OVERFALLS, CIRCA 370-350 B.C.
The obverse with a young Herakles seated on an altar, holding his club and a mug, his quiver hanging over his shoulder, facing a standing draped maenad with a situla and a thyrsos; the reverse with two draped youths with a staffs; a band of meander encircling below, laurel below the rim, an owl between tendrils below each handle; details in added white, an ancient repair to the stem
10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE LONG OVERFALLS, CIRCA 370-350 B.C.
The obverse with a young Herakles seated on an altar, holding his club and a mug, his quiver hanging over his shoulder, facing a standing draped maenad with a situla and a thyrsos; the reverse with two draped youths with a staffs; a band of meander encircling below, laurel below the rim, an owl between tendrils below each handle; details in added white, an ancient repair to the stem
10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Graham Geddes, Melbourne.
An Australian Collector; Christie's, New York, 18 December 1997, lot 142.
An Australian Collector; Christie's, New York, 18 December 1997, lot 142.
Literature
A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, Part I, London, 1991, p. 19, no. 4/110f.
K. Schauenberg, "Herakles und Eulen," in Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung, 1985, p.45, pls. 85-86, 2-3.
K. Schauenberg, "Herakles und Eulen," in Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung, 1985, p.45, pls. 85-86, 2-3.
If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.