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PROPERTY FROM THE WALTER AND PHYLLIS SHORENSTEIN COLLECTION
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED VOLUTE-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEATED WOMAN GROUP, CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED VOLUTE-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEATED WOMAN GROUP, CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
The obverse with a nude youth seated on a red mantle within an Ionic naiskos, a phiale in his left hand, a laurel branch in his right, a wreath hanging before him, an oinochoe below, a standing nude youth to the left holding a branch and a mantle, a draped female to the right with a filleted wreath and an alabastron, the neck with a seated winged Eros opening a box with his left hand, a wreath in his right, sprigs on either side, rosettes above; the reverse with two draped females, each with a mirror, flanking a filleted stele, one with a wreath, a palmette and tendrils on the neck, laurel above; a band of meander encircling below, tongues on the shoulders, ovolo on the rim, wave and dots below, palmette complexes below the handles, the volutes with molded female heads, in added white on the obverse, the shoulders with molded duck heads framing the handles, details in added white, yellow and red
19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEATED WOMAN GROUP, CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
The obverse with a nude youth seated on a red mantle within an Ionic naiskos, a phiale in his left hand, a laurel branch in his right, a wreath hanging before him, an oinochoe below, a standing nude youth to the left holding a branch and a mantle, a draped female to the right with a filleted wreath and an alabastron, the neck with a seated winged Eros opening a box with his left hand, a wreath in his right, sprigs on either side, rosettes above; the reverse with two draped females, each with a mirror, flanking a filleted stele, one with a wreath, a palmette and tendrils on the neck, laurel above; a band of meander encircling below, tongues on the shoulders, ovolo on the rim, wave and dots below, palmette complexes below the handles, the volutes with molded female heads, in added white on the obverse, the shoulders with molded duck heads framing the handles, details in added white, yellow and red
19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1982.
Literature
A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, vol. II, Oxford, 1982, no. 23/245, p. 757.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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