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Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

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LOT 0036

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

APULIA, 4TH CENTURY B.C.

13 1/4 in. (1.82 grams, 33.5 cm).

With flared and carinated foot, broad stem, ovoid body, carinated shoulder, everted rim with lip, D-shaped antefixes and lateral pendant loop handles; band of ivy to the neck and meander to the lower edge, frieze with figural scenes: Side A - seated female with thyrsos pointing towards Eros with head turned regarding her, wings spread; Side B - seated female in tiered robe pointing towards standing Eros with wreath, objects in the field; by the Ascoli Satriano Painter; restored.

Provenance

Ex private collection, previously with Bonhams Auctions, Bond Street, London, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13353-259030.

Literature

Cf. a terracotta red figure of Eros by the Ascoli Satriano Painter in The Walters Art Museum, accession no.48.2765; for a similar krater cf. Hodder, A., Shaping Gender: Apulian Red-Figure Pottery and the Gender Expression of Ancient Italic Peoples, Sidney, 2023, fig.7.3.

Footnotes

Female heads and Eros figures are common features on the vases attributed to the Ascoli Satriano Painter. His real name is unknown, and he has been named after a northern Apulian town, where many of his vases have been found.

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Extremely Rare Shape

LOT 0036

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Eros

Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)

Opening Bid
£1,500 (EUR 1,740; USD 2,025) +BP*

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