AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE MACINAGROSSA STAND

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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE MACINAGROSSA STAND

350-300 B.C.

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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE VOLUTE KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF THE MACINAGROSSA STAND
350-300 B.C.
Side A: winged figure of Nike striding to left, holding cista out before her, with fillet and cloak draped over her arm, a situla held behind her, a winged griffin between two flowering plants on the neck above
Side B: profile female head to left wearing kekryphalos in her hair, pendant earrings and beaded necklace, palmette on the neck above
Details in added white and yellow, elaborate palmettes beneath the handles, band of meander with crossed squares below, rays around the shoulder, with swan heads in relief at either side of handles, the handle terminals with moulded faces, band of wave beneath the rim and rays on the overhang, foot repaired, one swan head restored
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from Galerie E. Deletaille, Brussels.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, First Supplement, London, 1983, p. 167, no. 27/516b, pl. XXXI,1; and exhibition catalogue: Céramiques antiques de Grèce et d'Italie dans le patrimoine liégeois, Liège, 1987, p. 67, no. 66.

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