An Apulian red-figure hydria

4TH CENTURY B.C.

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An Apulian red-figure hydria
4th Century B.C.
Decorated with scene of a woman wearing a chiton and bedecked with jewellery, holding a mirror in her left hand holding out an offering to a seated nude youth in front of her, with large female profile heads with hair bound in a sphendone under each handle, a band of continuous scrolls below and laurel leaf wreath on the shoulder, small repair on shoulder
13½in. (34.2cm.) high

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