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THE PROPERTY OF THE MORVEN COLLECTION
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED HYDRIA
CIRCA 330-320 B.C.
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED HYDRIA
CIRCA 330-320 B.C.
With a seated woman and an attendant within an Ionic naiskos with swastika meander on its plinth, the woman seated on an Ionic capital, her feet resting on a low footstool, her hair bound in a kekryphalos, wearing a chiton and a yellow himation with red borders draped over her back and wrapped around her waist and legs, holding its edge in her left hand, a ball of wool in her right, a casket hanging above, the standing attendant with her hair bound in a broad band, wearing a chiton, with a red himation draped over her left arm, holding an open box and a ball of wool in her right hand, an alabastron in the box, a wreath in her lowered left hand, a mirror below and a fan above, the naiskos framed by four draped female offering bearers; with a band of meander with saltire squares below, a spray of laurel centered by a rosette on the neck, a band of dotted ovolo on the rim, and an elaborate palmette complex framing the handles
26½ in. (67.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 330-320 B.C.
With a seated woman and an attendant within an Ionic naiskos with swastika meander on its plinth, the woman seated on an Ionic capital, her feet resting on a low footstool, her hair bound in a kekryphalos, wearing a chiton and a yellow himation with red borders draped over her back and wrapped around her waist and legs, holding its edge in her left hand, a ball of wool in her right, a casket hanging above, the standing attendant with her hair bound in a broad band, wearing a chiton, with a red himation draped over her left arm, holding an open box and a ball of wool in her right hand, an alabastron in the box, a wreath in her lowered left hand, a mirror below and a fan above, the naiskos framed by four draped female offering bearers; with a band of meander with saltire squares below, a spray of laurel centered by a rosette on the neck, a band of dotted ovolo on the rim, and an elaborate palmette complex framing the handles
26½ in. (67.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1979.
with Old World Galleries, New York.
with Old World Galleries, New York.