AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED PELIKE
CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with a female seated on a klismos to the right, facing left, wearing a chiton and a himation, holding a fillet in her hands, a draped male standing before her, a column in between; framed on either side by pomegranate chain, a band of ovolo below, lotus and palmettes above; the reverse with two draped youths, that to the right leaning on a staff, a stele in between; framed on either side by pomegranate chain, a band of ovolo below, meander centered by a crossed-square above
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with Wladimir Rosenbaum, Galleria Casa Serodine, Ascona.
Aldo Branca, Vira Gambarogno, Switzerland, acquired from above prior to 1984.