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PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER
CIRCA EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with two revelers on horseback to the right, each nude but for a himation wrapped loosely around his upper torso, crowned with a wreath, seated on an animal skin saddle blanket, a draped female at the center, playing the aulos; the reverse with three draped youths; a band of meander and checkered squares encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmette complexes below the handles, dotted ovolo around the handle roots; details in added white
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
CIRCA EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with two revelers on horseback to the right, each nude but for a himation wrapped loosely around his upper torso, crowned with a wreath, seated on an animal skin saddle blanket, a draped female at the center, playing the aulos; the reverse with three draped youths; a band of meander and checkered squares encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmette complexes below the handles, dotted ovolo around the handle roots; details in added white
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Monsieur Schaller, Nantua, France.
Pierre Caubel, Montpellier, France, 1976-1993.
Pierre Caubel, Montpellier, France, 1976-1993.
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