AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF KARLSRUHE B9, CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
The obverse with a standing draped female and a nude winged Eros, the female to the right with her right arm extended out, Eros seated to the left on a rocky outcrop, a duck in his lowered left hand, a quartered ball above; the reverse with two standing draped youths, one with a staff, a diptych above; a band of wave encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmettes and tendrils below the handles, vertical lines around the handle-plates, details in added white and yellow
9 13/16 in. (25 cm.) high
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF KARLSRUHE B9, CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
The obverse with a standing draped female and a nude winged Eros, the female to the right with her right arm extended out, Eros seated to the left on a rocky outcrop, a duck in his lowered left hand, a quartered ball above; the reverse with two standing draped youths, one with a staff, a diptych above; a band of wave encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmettes and tendrils below the handles, vertical lines around the handle-plates, details in added white and yellow
9 13/16 in. (25 cm.) high