Lot 31
  • 31

An Apulian Red-Figured Bell Krater, attributed to the Varrese Painter, circa 350-340 B.C.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • An Apulian Red-Figured Bell Krater, attributed to the Varrese Painter
  • terracotta
  • Height 15 9/16 in. 39.5 cm.
decorated with a youth holding an olive branch and tray of fruits approaching a lady seated on a rocky outcrop and holding a branch, two conversing draped youths on the reverse, details in added white and yellow.

Provenance

Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, probably acquired in 1819 (Christie’s, London, Greek and Etruscan Vases from Nostell Priory, April 30th, 1975, no. 17, illus.)
Long Island Private Collection (Sotheby’s, New York, June 12th, 1993, no. 131, illus.)
Japanese Private Collection

Literature

A.D. Trendall and Alexander Cambitoglou, The Red-figured Vases of Apulia, Oxford, 1978, vol. I, p. 346, no. 13/67

Condition

Excellent and intact, however there is a long hairline crack around about three quarters of the circumference of the vase.
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Catalogue Note

Attributed by A.D. Trendall to the Varrese Painter.