Lot
102
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE
CIRCA 350-330 B.C.
Estimate
USD 3,000 - USD 4,000
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE
circa 350-330 b.c.
The A-side with a seated woman, a tambourine in her left hand, a laurel branch in her right, facing a standing youth, nude but for a mantle draped over his arm, a staff against the crook of his right elbow, a phiale in his raised left hand with a fillet hanging below, leaning upon an altar; the B-side with two standing draped youths; bands of laurel along the neck, a band of meander and saltire squares below the scenes, with palmettes and tendrils under the handles
13 in. (35 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in 1950 from the collection of the Meersburg Castle, Lake Constance.