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Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

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LOT 0059

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

APULIAN, CIRCA 450-400 B.C.

8 in. (814 grams, 20 cm).

With laurel-leaf wreath beneath the flared rim, band of meander ornament as a baseline; Side A: striding satyr with torch and oinochoe followed by Eros holding a scroll behind; Side B: woman wearing a himation in active pose with sphere advancing towards a tendril.

Provenance

Acquired on the art market between the late 1990s and mid-2000s.
Estate of the late Barry Paul Buxton (1944-2024), Oakham, Rutland.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2025.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13070-249284.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 1984.323.2 and 16.140, for similar.

Footnotes

Often, the iconography of an 'elevated' mythological subject was applied to members of Dionysos' retinue. Here we have three typical examples of them: a satyr, an Eros, and a woman, all three behaving according to Bacchic ecstasies.

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LOT 0059

Greek Red-Figure Bell Krater with Satyr and Eros

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

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