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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE OINOCHOE
CIRCA 325 B.C.
Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURE OINOCHOE CIRCA 325 B.C.
The body with a seated female figure holding out a phiale and wreath, an oinochoe in her right hand, approached by a helmeted youth, naked save for a mantle around his shoulders, carrying a spear, a horse at his side, a garland and fillets in the field, elaborate palmettes beneath the handle, band of meander below, a laurel wreath around the shoulder, with rays and band of ovolo around the neck, the high ribbed handle terminating in a moulded female mask at both the mouth and base, details added in yellow and white
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired at auction, London, 1980s.
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Lot Essay
It has been suggested that this is by a follower of the Baltimore Painter.
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