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LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE AMPHORA
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: a draped woman with hair bound in a sakkos, seated on a rocky outcrop, holding a phiale in her raised right hand, head turned back to look at the figure of winged Eros, his right leg resting on a rocky outcrop, holding a situla and mirror
Side B: two himation clad youths each holding a staff
Rays around the shoulder, palmettes above, band of wave pattern below the scenes, scrolling palmette under each handle, band of laurel under the rim, details in added white
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) high
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: a draped woman with hair bound in a sakkos, seated on a rocky outcrop, holding a phiale in her raised right hand, head turned back to look at the figure of winged Eros, his right leg resting on a rocky outcrop, holding a situla and mirror
Side B: two himation clad youths each holding a staff
Rays around the shoulder, palmettes above, band of wave pattern below the scenes, scrolling palmette under each handle, band of laurel under the rim, details in added white
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in a French private collection, 1970s.
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