Two Greek Red-figured Lekythoi, Attic and Apulian , circa 470 and 330 B.C.

comprising an Attic lekythos, attributed to the Workshop of the Bowdoin Painter, decorated with a woman facing left and wearing a himation and sakkos, five linked palmettes on the shoulder, and an Apulian flat-bottomed lekythos decorated with Eros standing and holding a mirror before a seated woman holding a phiale, encircling wave pattern below, egg-and-dot below the neck, tongues on the neck.

acquired in 1944
by descent to the present owner

Each repaired from several fragments and with several areas of restorations along the breaks, areas of flaking glaze on neck, mouth, and handle of Attic lekythos, as well as pitting, chips, and area of loss on bottom of figure, Apulian lekythos inexpertly repaired and restored, with incrustations and small losses
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