A Paestan Red-figured Bell Krater, attributed to Python, circa 350-330 B.C.

painted in front with a phlyax running to left and holding a torch and string of pearls, followed by Dionysos holding a cup and thyrsos, two confronted draped youths on the reverse.

Francis Nevile Reid (1826-1892), Villa Rufolo, Ravello
Charles Carmichael Lacaita (1853-1933), Villa Rufolo, Ravello
Mrs. Tallon-Lacaita, Villa Rufolo, Ravello, until 1939, then Paris
by descent to the present owner

Dr. Pesce, Dionisio. Trimestrale di studi sul teatro antico, vol. 7, 1939, p. 162
Archäologischer Anzeiger, 1940, cols. 497 and 512-513, fig. 40
John D. Beazley, "A Paestan Vase," American Journal of Archaeology, vol. XLVIII, no. 4, October-December 1944, p. 365
A.D. Trendall, "Paestan Pottery: a Revision and a Supplement," Papers of the British School at Rome, vol. 20, 1952, p. 102, no. 166
A.D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Paestum, London, 1987, p. 159, no. 282, pl. 102f.

See reverse on p. 118

repaired from several fragments with small areas of restoration along joins, underside of foot ground down and with 2 1/2 inch long by 3/4 inch high restored chip, foot and handles repaired, body misfired overall, number 12 in black ink and scalloped rectangular paper label with number 12 in ink on underside of foot
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