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    18 December 1998

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    • AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE
    Lot 102

    AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE

    CIRCA 350-330 B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 4,370

    Estimate

    USD 3,000 - USD 4,000

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    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.

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