AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED VOLUTE KRATER
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED VOLUTE KRATER

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
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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