Property of a Melbourne Private Collector
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SAMARCANDE GROUP, ASSOCIATED WITH THE PAINTER OF THE MACINAGROSSA STAND CIRCA 315 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE-KRATER
attributed to the samarcande group, associated with the painter of the macinagrossa stand
circa 315 b.c.
The A-side with an ionic naiskos enclosing a three-tiered flowering plant, flanked by two winged nikai, on the neck a female head in three-quarter view amidst florals, a thin band of bead-and-reel, a band of tri-colored meander, and a band of key above; the B-side with a female head facing left wearing a sakkos, necklace, and earrings, on the neck a large palmette complex, a band of laurel and a band of bead-and-reel above; white and red painted masks on the volutes, a band of ovolo on the rim above a band of wave, four swan heads in relief on the shoulders, palmette complex below each handle, a band of meander with saltire squares below the scenes, details added in yellow and white
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
attributed to the samarcande group, associated with the painter of the macinagrossa stand
circa 315 b.c.
The A-side with an ionic naiskos enclosing a three-tiered flowering plant, flanked by two winged nikai, on the neck a female head in three-quarter view amidst florals, a thin band of bead-and-reel, a band of tri-colored meander, and a band of key above; the B-side with a female head facing left wearing a sakkos, necklace, and earrings, on the neck a large palmette complex, a band of laurel and a band of bead-and-reel above; white and red painted masks on the volutes, a band of ovolo on the rim above a band of wave, four swan heads in relief on the shoulders, palmette complex below each handle, a band of meander with saltire squares below the scenes, details added in yellow and white
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 10 December 1996, lot 196.
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 10 December 1996, lot 196.
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, part II, no. 27/574, pl. lxxxi,1-2.