ATTRIBUTED TO THE SPOUTED SKYPHOS GROUP, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURED STEMLESS KANTHAROS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SPOUTED SKYPHOS GROUP, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1⁄4 in. (13.3 cm.) high

Provenance

with Elie Borowski, Basel.
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, acquired from the above in 1947.

Exhibited

On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-2022.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

The elegant shape of this kantharos is notable for its rarity. For another example belonging to the Spotted Rock Group, see pl. 53.3-4 in A. D. Trendall, The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily: Second Supplement, London, 1973.
For other works attributed to the the Spouted Skyphos Group see, A. D. Trendall, The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, London, 1967, p. 392.

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