LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Decorated with a scene of a nude youth leaning against a funerary column and pouring a libation, a taenia draped around an amphora to the left, the other side of the monument with a young draped girl running up the steps to deposit a taenia and a large basket which she holds up in her left hand; above her a reclining figure of a nude warrior holding a spear, perhaps the deceased hero(?), with funerary urn placed on top of the column capital; an older woman wearing beaded stephane approaches the ribbon bedecked stele holding out a shallow platter; open and half palmettes decorate the rest of the vase, with a band of ovules below the rim and a frieze of meander and crossed squares below
21¾ in. (55.0 cm.) high
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Decorated with a scene of a nude youth leaning against a funerary column and pouring a libation, a taenia draped around an amphora to the left, the other side of the monument with a young draped girl running up the steps to deposit a taenia and a large basket which she holds up in her left hand; above her a reclining figure of a nude warrior holding a spear, perhaps the deceased hero(?), with funerary urn placed on top of the column capital; an older woman wearing beaded stephane approaches the ribbon bedecked stele holding out a shallow platter; open and half palmettes decorate the rest of the vase, with a band of ovules below the rim and a frieze of meander and crossed squares below
21¾ in. (55.0 cm.) high
Sale room notice
This hydria is Campanian and has been attributed to the Libation Group.