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A-SIDE ATTRIBUTED TO THE BALTIMORE PAINTER, B-SIDE ATTRIBUTED TO THE STOKE ON TRENT PAINTER CIRCA LAST QUARTER OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE COLUMN-KRATER
a-side attributed to the baltimore painter, b-side attributed to the stoke on trent painter
circa last quarter of the 4th century b.c.
The A-side with a seated Eros, winged and facing left, with a dish of cake in his right hand, a cista hanging from his left, a fillet in the field; the B-side with a profile female head facing left, both sides with double columns of dots framing the scene, rays on the rim with palmettes above the handles, a band of wave on the outer rim, ivy and berry on the neck, stripes on the shoulder, and a band of meander below the scenes
16 in. (49.1 cm.) high
a-side attributed to the baltimore painter, b-side attributed to the stoke on trent painter
circa last quarter of the 4th century b.c.
The A-side with a seated Eros, winged and facing left, with a dish of cake in his right hand, a cista hanging from his left, a fillet in the field; the B-side with a profile female head facing left, both sides with double columns of dots framing the scene, rays on the rim with palmettes above the handles, a band of wave on the outer rim, ivy and berry on the neck, stripes on the shoulder, and a band of meander below the scenes
16 in. (49.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Property of a Nobleman, brought to England prior to 1920
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 13 July 1981, lot 347
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 157
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 13 July 1981, lot 347
Melbourne, Graham Geddes Collection
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 157
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, vol. II, no. 27/224a, pl. 339, 5-6.