An Apulian Red-figured Amphora, attributed to Close to the Ganymede Painter, circa 350-330 B.C.

decorated in front within a naiskos with a warrior facing right, holding a spear and shield, and wearing a billowing chlamys around his neck, and in back with a seated Eros holding a fan.

Wladimir Rosenbaum, Casa Serodine, Ascona
Andre Emmerich, New York, inv. no. GR-238, acquired from the above on July 17th, 1981
Marianne Friedland, acquired from the above on June 3rd, 1986
Sotheby's, London, July 11th, 1988, no. 356, illus.
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, inv. no. SLQ 57, acquired at the above sale

Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, Ancient Vases from Magna Graecia, exh. cat., May 1st-30th, 1986, no. V, illus.
A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, Part II, London, 1992, p. 248, no. 67b

Generally very good. Body and neck intact. One handle is restored, the other repaired. The foot is repaired and chipped. Several small chip on the edge of the rim. Painting is in good shape except for some losses to the added yellow and white. Minor nicks, flaking and abrasions elsewhere.
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