Lot 448
448
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS AND LID, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ZURICH GROUP 2660

350-300 B.C.

Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS AND LID, ATTRIBUTED TO THE ZURICH GROUP 2660
350-300 B.C.
The lid with two female heads in profile, each wearing a sakkos, one with open end, palmettes between them, wave motif around the rim overhang, details added in yellow, the footed black glazed base with twin handles, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; another Apulian red-figure lekanis, similar, the base without handles, 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high; a similar Lekanis lid, with rays around the lip overhang, 3 in. (7.6 cm.) diam.; and a black-glazed 'salt' dish, on ring foot, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high, all circa 350-300 B.C. (3)
Provenance
Item one: formerly in the collection of Derwa Arthur Bergilers.
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:
Item one: A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, First Supplement, London, 1983, p. 118, no. 22/410c.
Item two: The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, op. cit., p. 168, no. 27/520a. Trendall relates this lekanis in style to the Painter of the Macinagrossa Stand.

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