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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK ESTATE
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with a dancing maenad between a satyr and a youth, perhaps Dionysos, the maenad clad in a long chiton, her torso twisting, her right arm raised before her, a tympanum in her left hand, the ithyphallic satyr to the left holding a thyrsos, the youth to the right with a situla and a thyrsos; the reverse with three draped youths, two pairs of jumping weights hanging above; a band of meander with crossed squares below the scenes, laurel above, with palmette complexes below the handles, some details in added white
14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) high
CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with a dancing maenad between a satyr and a youth, perhaps Dionysos, the maenad clad in a long chiton, her torso twisting, her right arm raised before her, a tympanum in her left hand, the ithyphallic satyr to the left holding a thyrsos, the youth to the right with a situla and a thyrsos; the reverse with three draped youths, two pairs of jumping weights hanging above; a band of meander with crossed squares below the scenes, laurel above, with palmette complexes below the handles, some details in added white
14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's family prior to 1969.