Lot 56
  • 56

An Apulian Red-figured Amphora, attributed to the Group of Bologna 572, circa 340-320 B.C.

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • An Apulian Red-figured Amphora, attributed to the Group of Bologna 572
  • Height 20 7/8 in. 53 cm.
decorated in front with a woman holding a situla and fan before a seated figure of Eros with phiale and rosette-chain, a sash and floral garland in the field, encircling meander below the scenes, a white-painted wreath around the mouth.

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, April 29th, 1974, no. 309, illus.

Literature

A.D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, vol. II, Oxford, 1982, p. 751, 23/217

Condition

very good and as shown, note losses to black glaze above foot, very minor losses elsewhere
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