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LOT 0663
Greek Apulian Red-Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
3 1/2 in. (144 grams, 90 mm wide).
Black-glazed body and matching lid decorated with two heads of ladies of fashion, palmettes between, radial foliage motif on the knob handle and a hatching around the rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0663
Greek Apulian Red-Figure Lekanis with Ladies of Fashion
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Fruit were generally considered to be a symbol of sensuality, temptation and fertility; the giving and accepting of fruit may be regarded as a symbolic sexual act, or at least a prelude to marriage. It follows naturally that the pomegranate, with its innumerable fleshy seeds symbolising life and fecundity, was an attribute of Aphrodite.
