Greek Apulian Figural Skyphos

4TH CENTURY BC

14" (2 kg, 36 cm).

A ceramic red figure ware skyphos with everted rim and two loop handles; the body painted with a wave pattern motif below, ovolo motif beneath the rim; beneath the handles, palmette motifs; Side A - an advancing female in loose chiton with a branch in the right hand, stephane to the hair and mirror in the left; Side B - the bust of a lady of fashion with stephane and earrings.

Provenance

From the estate of a North Country collector, acquired over a 30 year period from the early 1970s.

CONDITION

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LOT 0602

Greek Apulian Figural Skyphos

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,299

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