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LOT 0542
Large Greek Apulian Red-Figured Knob-Handled Patera with Eros
CIRCA 350-320 B.C.
16 1/8 in. (2.76 kg, 41 cm wide).
With raised rim and stepped foot, two strap handles to the rim each flanked by two domed studs; rim with reserved wave pattern band, studs with starburst motif; painted central scene with outer foliate bands and reserved wave pattern framing the tondo displaying Eros in flight with wings spread, holding a red cloth over an inverted shield; some repainting.
Provenance
French collection, 1990s-early 2000s.
Formerly in Patrick Declerck Auction, Douai, France, 2014, lot 72.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N122j42 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11616-196567.
Literature
Cf. Trendall, A.D. & Cambitoglou, A., The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, vol.1, Oxford, 1978, p.354, no.171.
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LOT 0542
Large Greek Apulian Red-Figured Knob-Handled Patera with Eros
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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