CIRCA 340-320 B.C.

Details

AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED VOLUTE-KRATER
CIRCA 340-320 B.C.
20 7/8 in. (53 cm.) high

Provenance

James Woodhouse (d. 1866), U.K., Italy and Corfu.
A Catalogue of a Portion of the Woodhouse Collection; Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 16 July 1868, lot 46.
Art Market, Japan.
Acquired by the family of the current owner from the above, 1960; thence by descent.

Lot Essay

James Woodhouse was an English expatriate who spent the majority of his adulthood living abroad in South Italy and Corfu. While in Corfu, he served as secretary of the island's government. Upon his death in 1866, he bequeathed part of his collection of antiquities to the British Museum, an early gift that formed a foundation for the museum's Greek and Roman department. The remainder was sold at auction in 1868.

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