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ATTRIBUTED TO THE AVIGNON PAINTER CIRCA 375-350 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
Attributed to the Avignon Painter
Circa 375-350 B.C.
The obverse with a standing nude satyr with a thyrsos, a flaming torch in his raised right hand, and a seated maenad, a thyrsos held behind her in her raised right hand, a phiale above her lap in her left hand; the reverse with two facing draped youths, a stele between; with a palmette below each handle, a band of laurel below the rim, and a band of meander with quartered squares below the scenes
10¾ in. (27.3 cm) high
Attributed to the Avignon Painter
Circa 375-350 B.C.
The obverse with a standing nude satyr with a thyrsos, a flaming torch in his raised right hand, and a seated maenad, a thyrsos held behind her in her raised right hand, a phiale above her lap in her left hand; the reverse with two facing draped youths, a stele between; with a palmette below each handle, a band of laurel below the rim, and a band of meander with quartered squares below the scenes
10¾ in. (27.3 cm) high
Provenance
Massachusetts Private Collection
Royal Athena Galleries, New York
Royal Athena Galleries, New York
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, no. 9/100c, pl. IX, 1-2.