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Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,697
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC
15" (Ceramic, 1.2 kg, 38 cm).
Attributed to the Stuttgart group, a ceramic red figure ware oinochoe with pedestal base, mastoid body, funicular neck and trefoil spout; the handle a broad ribbed strap; the body depicting a reclining female in a girdled chiton with her hair in a beribboned kekryphalos, supporting a rectangular casket in her right hand, patterned situla in her left, surrounded by rosettes, dotted sprays and a patterned scarf in the field, with palmette to the rear; restricted use of white and ochre points; ovolo motifs in ochre to the neck with white slash motifs above; at the junction of handle and spout, a human mask with painted palmette above.
PROVENANCE:
English private collection, acquired in London between 1997-2002; ex Bonham's October, 2005 lot 309.
LITERATURE:
A.D. Trendell & A. Cambitoglou, The Red-figured Vases of Apulia Vol.II (Oxford 1978), p.978.
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