LOT 109

Greek Southern Italian Black-Glazed Pelike

(Ceramic, 1.925 kg, 37 cm.).

Circa 5th-4th century BC. A large well-painted black-glazed pelike with broad everted rim, round-section loop handles, piriform body and torus foot; enlivened with restrained use of crimson, ochre and white slip; band of ochre geometric ornament to the baseline; Side A: a standing female in peplos with fan in her right hand offering an open box to a seated naked male with wreath and staff, a lyre below and small naked winged male above holding a wreath above the female, red and ochre rosettes and ovolo on the neck; Side B: a seated female with diadem and earrings offering a box to a standing naked male with wreath and staff, ochre leaves, dots and ovolo to the neck; palmette complex beneath each handle.

Suvanna collection, Sussex, UK; acquired in the 1970's.