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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE POTTERY AMPHORA
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: winged bejewelled Eros seated on a rock, holding a lidded dish, grape bunches and tendrils in each hand; the shoulder with female head in profile
Side B: a large profile head of a woman with ringlets, wearing a kekryphalos, earrings and a bead necklace
Large palmettes under each handle, laurel wreath under the rim, details in added white and yellow, opening under the base, rim and handle repaired
20¼ in. (51.4 cm.) high
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: winged bejewelled Eros seated on a rock, holding a lidded dish, grape bunches and tendrils in each hand; the shoulder with female head in profile
Side B: a large profile head of a woman with ringlets, wearing a kekryphalos, earrings and a bead necklace
Large palmettes under each handle, laurel wreath under the rim, details in added white and yellow, opening under the base, rim and handle repaired
20¼ in. (51.4 cm.) high