A Large Campanian Red-figured Bell Krater, attributed to the Painter of B.M. F 229, circa 330-310 B.C.

painted with two Oscan warriors, Eros, and a lady, the warrior on the left resting his foot on an Ionic capital, a shield with prominent gorgoneion emblem at his feet, the central warrior wearing a breast-plate of three disks, the lady wearing serpentine bracelets and tripartite pendant earrings, Eros bringing her a necklace, the reverse with three warriors and a lady, two warriors with spears or standards, and two with shields at their feet, the lady (an Amazon or Medea?) standing in an animated pose and wearing a short chiton and Phrygian cap, the details in added white, yellow, and brown.

Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, acquired in 1819 (Christie’s, London, Greek and Etruscan Vases from Nostell Priory, April 30th, 1975, no. 40, illus.)
Long Island Private Collection (Sotheby’s, New York, June 12th, 1993, no. 125, illus.)
Japanese Private Collection

Abbé H. Campbell, no. 12
A.D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily, Oxford, 1967, p. 545, no. 833

Generally very good, but there is a large chip approximately five-inches long and 1/2-inch deep on the rim on the side not shown in the catalogue. Minor nicks and abrasions in areas.
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Attributed by A.D. Trendall to the Painter of B.M. F 229.