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LOT 0080

Greek Apulian Epichysis with Lady of Fashion

4TH CENTURY B.C.

6 1/8 in. (208 grams, 15.5 cm).

Comprising red-figured jug with a profile female head between volutes, with a diademed sakkos and chignon to the rear; reel-shaped body with a tall angled handle showing two human-headed rotelles at the join to the beak; glazed tongues at the base of the neck, radiating strokes on the upper lip; to the body, a white laurel wreath along an incised line.

Provenance

Acquired on the German art market.
Formerly in a private German collection.
Acquired HannoVerum GmbH Auktions - und Handelshaus, Hanover, Germany.
Ex property of a Swiss collector.

Literature

Cf. Gorny & Mosch Auktionen Munich, June 2016 sale, lot no. 204; see also Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 1964.1; Beazley vase no. 1000850; CVA Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, 32, pl. (749) 32.7-8.

CONDITION

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LOT 0080

Greek Apulian Epichysis with Lady of Fashion

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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