Lot 427
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE CROSSED DIPTYCH GROUP
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE CROSSED DIPTYCH GROUP

360-340 B.C.

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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE CROSSED DIPTYCH GROUP
360-340 B.C.
Side A: satyr carrying torch out in front and situla behind, followed by a maenad carrying a bunch of grapes in her right hand, in her left a flowering branch with a hanging fillet, two boucrania above, details in added yellow, white and pink
Side B: two draped youths, one with staff, a scrolling tendril between them, a writing tablet bound with cord above
Palmettes under each handle, laurel wreath under the rim, foot repaired
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie E. Deletaille, Brussels.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, First Supplement, London, 1983, p. 49, no. 14/40c.; and De Warande, Grieks & Italisch Aardewerk, Turnhout, 1986, p. 25, coll. 2.

The fingerprint of the artist is found on a smudge of black glaze on the drapery of the maenad.

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