A PAESTAN RED-FIGURE BELL-KRATER ATTRIBUTED TO PYTHON

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A PAESTAN RED-FIGURE BELL-KRATER ATTRIBUTED TO PYTHON
CIRCA 350-340 B.C.
Side A: Dionysos striding to his left while looking back over his shoulder, holding a taenia in his right hand above which is a vertical row of dots, a thyrsos in his left hand, carrying an himation with spotted border over his arm, a fillet tied in his long curly hair, with faded white dots across his chest and left thigh
Side B: a naked satyr with left foot resting on a scrolling plant, holding a phiale and taenia in his left hand over an altar, a thyrsos propped diagonally against the altar and over his left shoulder, wearing dotted white arm and wrist bands, with white dots across his chest and left thigh
A scrolling frieze below and laurels above, with palmettes under the handles, added white dots, phiale and taeniae now faded, minor chips to rim
8 5/8 in. (21.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum, British School at Rome, 1987, p. 165, no. 330.

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