ATTRIBUTED TO THE BALTIMORE PAINTER, CIRCA 320-310 B.C.

The Baltimore Painter is one of the most well-known and important painters of the later 4th Century B.C., thanks to the numerous vases that can be attributed to his hand. Several are considered monumental - over a metre high, like the present lot. The Naiskos scene is typical of his work - a larger scale group with three figures, two youthful warriors and an older seated man, either side two seated figures above and two standing below, all with offerings in their hands. The elaborate shoulder scene shows a complicated flower with an added white three-quarter female head. On the reverse a flowering plant appears in a naiskos.