Lot Essay
Perhaps the Group of Geneva 2754.
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CIRCA 350-325 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
CIRCA 350-325 B.C.
The obverse with an Oscan youth and a draped female figure, the Oscan at the left walking to the right, a filleted wreath in his extended left hand, a thyrsos in his right, wearing native Oscan dress including a short belted tunic and tight trousers, the woman moving to the right and looking back, with a basket filled with a loaf in her right hand, a thyrsos in her left, a fillet and rosette above, a floral below, each standing on landscaped ground; the reverse with two draped youths, a writing tablet and stylus and an oblong window in the field; a band of meander and dotted crossed squares below the scenes, a double row of dots on either side, vertical lines above, ivy and berries on the neck, a double row of dots on the exterior of the rim, dotted wave around the rim, palmettes on the top and sides of the handle-plates, details in added white and yellow
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 350-325 B.C.
The obverse with an Oscan youth and a draped female figure, the Oscan at the left walking to the right, a filleted wreath in his extended left hand, a thyrsos in his right, wearing native Oscan dress including a short belted tunic and tight trousers, the woman moving to the right and looking back, with a basket filled with a loaf in her right hand, a thyrsos in her left, a fillet and rosette above, a floral below, each standing on landscaped ground; the reverse with two draped youths, a writing tablet and stylus and an oblong window in the field; a band of meander and dotted crossed squares below the scenes, a double row of dots on either side, vertical lines above, ivy and berries on the neck, a double row of dots on the exterior of the rim, dotted wave around the rim, palmettes on the top and sides of the handle-plates, details in added white and yellow
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Johannes Hagert Collection, Germany, 1926.
Dr. Pierre Backes, France, 1982.
with Magna-Graecia Archaeology, Germany, 1999.
Dr. Pierre Backes, France, 1982.
with Magna-Graecia Archaeology, Germany, 1999.