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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED KNOB-HANDLED PATERA
Lot 29

AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED KNOB-HANDLED PATERA

IN THE MANNER OF THE LYCURGUS PAINTER, CIRCA SECOND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Closed5 July 2023

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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED KNOB-HANDLED PATERA
IN THE MANNER OF THE LYCURGUS PAINTER, CIRCA SECOND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
17 in. (43.2 cm.) diam.

Anton (1921-2002) and Theresia (1945-2019) Dürr-Meienhofer collection, Zurich; thence by descent to current owners.

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The interior depicting an Amazon on horseback, wearing an elaborate costume and panther skin, holding a long spear, attacking a panther, within a complex freeform foliate setting. The exterior with a central figure of winged Eros flanked by draped females. The other side with central seated draped female, flanked by winged Eros and a draped female. For a patera with Amazons driving a quadriga see G. Schneider-Herrmann, Apulian Red-Figured Paterae, London, 1977, nos 175-176.