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LOT 0065
Large Greek Red-Figure Skyphos with Lady of Fashion
CAMPANIAN, 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
9 in. (640 grams, 23 cm wide).
With mammiform body, pedestal base and two loop handles; ovolo patterns in ochre beneath the rim and palmette beneath each handle; Side A: lady of fashion in advancing pose holding up a dish and a mirror, white detailing to the stephane and necklace; Side B: standing figure in a himation with a stephane.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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Comprising a pedestal base, mastoid body, lateral strap handles and funicular neck, broad mouth with stepped rim; the neck decorated with a band of egg-and-dart; palmette below each handle, flanked by tendrils and flowers; Side A: naked Eros (Cupid), hair in a bun and tied with a cloth, right arm outstretched and holding a flower by the stem, left hand holding leaves and tendrils; Side B: Nike standing in himation and stephane, holding up a drum-shaped object and supporting leaves and tendril, flower patterns to the background. 1.19 kg, 26 cm high
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The Greek term pelike (pl. pelikai) was used for a number of shapes, and it is not certain what this one-piece vessel with a distinctive sagging belly was called in antiquity. It seems to have been invented after the introduction of the red-figure technique, although there are examples in black-figure. It continued to be produced into the 4th century and in the Roman period. It is shown in use as a container for liquids, especially wine, and in this context was linked with Bacchus, Pan, and Silenus.
