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4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN APULIAN RED FIGURE AMPHORA
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: a seated draped woman on rocky outcrop, holding out an open casket and wreath, before her a naked youth, cloak draped around his arm and over thigh, holding a mirror and situla
Side B: two draped youths with staffs, jumping weights in the field
Palmettes below the handles, band of meander and dotted squares below the scenes, tongues and band of laurel leaf on the neck, band of laurel under the rim, details in added white
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high
4TH CENTURY B.C.
Side A: a seated draped woman on rocky outcrop, holding out an open casket and wreath, before her a naked youth, cloak draped around his arm and over thigh, holding a mirror and situla
Side B: two draped youths with staffs, jumping weights in the field
Palmettes below the handles, band of meander and dotted squares below the scenes, tongues and band of laurel leaf on the neck, band of laurel under the rim, details in added white
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the 1980s.
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