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AN APULIAN VOLUTE KRATER,
Side A: showing a draped figure seated within a naiskos holding a patera, a fillet hangs in the field and two fillets flank the naiskos, on the neck a winged female bust in profile to the left
Side B: showing a head of a woman in profile to the left, her hair bound in a sakkos, with a curling lock escaping in front, wearing a single strand necklace, the neck panel with palmette
bands of tongue, meander and scrolls around the neck, the disc handles moulded in the form of Medusa heads, one side painted black, the other in polychrome, details in added purple, white and yellow, damaged (foot and one handle separate), late 4th Century B.C.
18in. (46cm.) high
Side A: showing a draped figure seated within a naiskos holding a patera, a fillet hangs in the field and two fillets flank the naiskos, on the neck a winged female bust in profile to the left
Side B: showing a head of a woman in profile to the left, her hair bound in a sakkos, with a curling lock escaping in front, wearing a single strand necklace, the neck panel with palmette
bands of tongue, meander and scrolls around the neck, the disc handles moulded in the form of Medusa heads, one side painted black, the other in polychrome, details in added purple, white and yellow, damaged (foot and one handle separate), late 4th Century B.C.
18in. (46cm.) high