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THE PROPERTY OF A LOUISIANA COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
The obverse centered by a youth seated on a rocky outcrop, depicted nude with a mantle draped over his right leg, a staff in his left hand, a dog at his feet, a female figure to the left stepping forward, a bunch of grapes in her raised right hand, a nude youth with a thyrsos and a theater mask further to the left, a female figure with her right arm raised to the right, her flesh in added white, a seated nude youth with a staff and a female figure holding a pomegranate and a phiale further to the right; the reverse with three draped youths; a band of meander and checkered squares below the scenes, a band of laurel below the rim, dotted ovolo at the handle joins, details in added white
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
The obverse centered by a youth seated on a rocky outcrop, depicted nude with a mantle draped over his right leg, a staff in his left hand, a dog at his feet, a female figure to the left stepping forward, a bunch of grapes in her raised right hand, a nude youth with a thyrsos and a theater mask further to the left, a female figure with her right arm raised to the right, her flesh in added white, a seated nude youth with a staff and a female figure holding a pomegranate and a phiale further to the right; the reverse with three draped youths; a band of meander and checkered squares below the scenes, a band of laurel below the rim, dotted ovolo at the handle joins, details in added white
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 107.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 107.