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LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE KRATER
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: seated nude male figure, hair bound with a fillet, holding a thyrsos in his right hand, facing a draped female figure who holds a wreath and situla, window and fillet in the field
Side B: two himation clad youths, one carrying a staff
Palmettes under the handles, band of meander and crossed squares beneath, band of laurel under the rim, details in added white
13 in. (33 cm.) high
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: seated nude male figure, hair bound with a fillet, holding a thyrsos in his right hand, facing a draped female figure who holds a wreath and situla, window and fillet in the field
Side B: two himation clad youths, one carrying a staff
Palmettes under the handles, band of meander and crossed squares beneath, band of laurel under the rim, details in added white
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
From the estate of the British amateur archaeologist, W. R. Bench, circa 1930s.
Private collection, England.
Private collection, England.
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