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LOT 0630

Greek Apulian Red-Figure Footed Plate with Lady of Fashion

SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

5 in. (125 grams, 12.8 cm wide).

With raised rim, carinated profile and low stepped foot; rim with radiating black lentoid strokes, tondo with reserved ring and wave-pattern band enclosing a profile female bust with white detailing to the necklace, stephane and sakkos. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

Literature

Cf. Wisseman, S.U., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Mainz, 1989, p.41, pl.52,3; 55, no.3, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0630

Greek Apulian Red-Figure Footed Plate with Lady of Fashion

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

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