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APULIA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A CANOSAN POTTERY PYXIS
APULIA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The bowl with a cylindrical body and splayed foot, the domed lid molded in relief with an embracing couple seated on a stool, the man nude, his mantle below, the drapery hanging from the chair, his right arm crossing the woman with his hand on her shoulder, her left hand holding his forearm, her right hand on his back, the woman draped in a diaphanous floor-length garment, falling in spiraling pleats between her legs, Eros approaching from the right, his wings upraised, his baldric across his body, raising a fillet in his left hand, his flowing mantle cascading behind
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diameter
APULIA, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The bowl with a cylindrical body and splayed foot, the domed lid molded in relief with an embracing couple seated on a stool, the man nude, his mantle below, the drapery hanging from the chair, his right arm crossing the woman with his hand on her shoulder, her left hand holding his forearm, her right hand on his back, the woman draped in a diaphanous floor-length garment, falling in spiraling pleats between her legs, Eros approaching from the right, his wings upraised, his baldric across his body, raising a fillet in his left hand, his flowing mantle cascading behind
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1996, lot 108.
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