Lot Essay
For associated artists, cf. J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase Painters, II, Oxford, 1963, pp. 1448-1450, the Toya Painter, the Painter of Rodin 966, and the York Reverse-Group.
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CIRCA 350 B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER
CIRCA 350 B.C.
Side A: a naked youth with thyrsos offering a kantharos to a seated woman holding a wreath, winged Eros with ewer and phiale above, flanked by a bearded satyr playing twin pipes, a dancing maenad and youthful horned satyr
Side B: three standing himation clad youths and two stelae
Elaborate palmettes beneath the handles, encircling lower band of meander and chequerboard squares, the rim with band of ovolo and laurel wreath below, details in added white, repaired
16 in. (40.7 cm.) high
Provenance
William James, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex.
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