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NEAR THE ILIUPERSIS PAINTER, CIRCA 370-350 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED PELIKE
NEAR THE ILIUPERSIS PAINTER, CIRCA 370-350 B.C.
The obverse with a female figure seated in the center, a himation wrapped around her waist exposing her upper torso, her head turned back, looking at a nude youth behind her, the youth leaning on a walking stick with his left arm and holding a floral wreath in his right hand, a fillet in his hair, to the right a female figure wearing a chiton, holding a fan in her right hand, branches in the field; the reverse with a nude youth seated on his mantle and holding a palm branch in his right hand and a white kantharos in his left, before him a woman wearing a chiton, holding a white oinochoe in her right hand, balancing a large cista on her left, a tendril in the field; a band of meander and saltire squares below the scenes, a band of palmettes and ovolo on the neck on the obverse and a band of laurel on the neck on the reverse, double palmettes below the handles, details in added white
14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) high
NEAR THE ILIUPERSIS PAINTER, CIRCA 370-350 B.C.
The obverse with a female figure seated in the center, a himation wrapped around her waist exposing her upper torso, her head turned back, looking at a nude youth behind her, the youth leaning on a walking stick with his left arm and holding a floral wreath in his right hand, a fillet in his hair, to the right a female figure wearing a chiton, holding a fan in her right hand, branches in the field; the reverse with a nude youth seated on his mantle and holding a palm branch in his right hand and a white kantharos in his left, before him a woman wearing a chiton, holding a white oinochoe in her right hand, balancing a large cista on her left, a tendril in the field; a band of meander and saltire squares below the scenes, a band of palmettes and ovolo on the neck on the obverse and a band of laurel on the neck on the reverse, double palmettes below the handles, details in added white
14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, 1998.
Sid Port, Santa Monica.
Sid Port, Santa Monica.