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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE KANTHAROS, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHITE SAKKOS WORKSHOP, GROUP OF BARI 5981

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE KANTHAROS, ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHITE SAKKOS WORKSHOP, GROUP OF BARI 5981
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: a battle scene with two warriors, one on horseback wearing cuirass and pilos helmet, holding a spear aloft and turning back in the saddle to attack a standing figure wearing short tunic, pilos helmet and greaves, shields in the field
Side B: nude youth seated on a rocky outcrop holding phiale and long branch
Band of ovolo above and below the scenes, handles with mask protomes on the interior, details in added yellow and white
13 in. (33 cm.) high

Provenance

Sold Sotheby's London, 3 December 1991, lot 191.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, II, London, 1992, p. 374, no. 311k.

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