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PROPERTY FROM A SOUTHERN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with a winged nude Eros at the center in profile to the left, standing between a nude youth and a draped female, offering a fillet to the youth before him, each gesturing, the female behind Eros enveloped in a himation, her hair bound in a diadem, a tendril on the ground before her; the reverse with three draped youths; a band of meander and crossed-squares below each scene, laurel below the rim
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMYKOS PAINTER, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with a winged nude Eros at the center in profile to the left, standing between a nude youth and a draped female, offering a fillet to the youth before him, each gesturing, the female behind Eros enveloped in a himation, her hair bound in a diadem, a tendril on the ground before her; the reverse with three draped youths; a band of meander and crossed-squares below each scene, laurel below the rim
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, acquired in Italy in the early 1900s; thence by descent.
A Connecticut Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2003, lot 162.
A Connecticut Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2003, lot 162.
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