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ATTRIBUTED TO THE GANYMEDE PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED VOLUTE KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE GANYMEDE PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Obverse with two youths in an ionic naiskos, one seated holding a phiale and the other with foot raised on an rocky outcrop holding a goose, the naiskos flanked by two seated youths holding phiale and winged helmet and two seated females holding a mirror and a phiale, the neck with the head of a woman in three-quarter view emerging from symmetrical scrolling tendrils and flowers, a band of flowering ivy tendril above; the reverse with a funerary stele tied the a black ribbon, flanked by four offering-bearers, to the right a seated youth holding a staff and wreath, above a seated female holding a casket and bunch of grapes, to the left a seated female holding a wreath, a mirror by her side, above a seated youth holding staff, casket and bunch of grapes, the neck with scrolling palmette and band of laurel above
28 in. (71 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE GANYMEDE PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Obverse with two youths in an ionic naiskos, one seated holding a phiale and the other with foot raised on an rocky outcrop holding a goose, the naiskos flanked by two seated youths holding phiale and winged helmet and two seated females holding a mirror and a phiale, the neck with the head of a woman in three-quarter view emerging from symmetrical scrolling tendrils and flowers, a band of flowering ivy tendril above; the reverse with a funerary stele tied the a black ribbon, flanked by four offering-bearers, to the right a seated youth holding a staff and wreath, above a seated female holding a casket and bunch of grapes, to the left a seated female holding a wreath, a mirror by her side, above a seated youth holding staff, casket and bunch of grapes, the neck with scrolling palmette and band of laurel above
28 in. (71 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 June 1988, lot 114.
Literature
A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, II, London, 1992, p. 244, no. 6a.
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