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ATTRIBUTED TO THE LENTINI-MANFRIA GROUP, CIRCA 310-300 B.C.
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A SICILIAN RED-FIGURED LEKANIS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE LENTINI-MANFRIA GROUP, CIRCA 310-300 B.C.
The lid with a seated draped female, leaning back on her outstretched right arm, resting her left elbow on her knee, wearing a peplos with dotted borders, earrings, a necklace and bracelets, a radiate stephane in her bound hair, looking back at the nude winged figure of Eros aiming his bow and arrow at a swan, its wings outstretched, with scrolling palmette and tendrils in the field, the knob with double palmette and two dotted rosettes, a band of wave around the rim and the bowl, details in added white
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) wide incl. handles
ATTRIBUTED TO THE LENTINI-MANFRIA GROUP, CIRCA 310-300 B.C.
The lid with a seated draped female, leaning back on her outstretched right arm, resting her left elbow on her knee, wearing a peplos with dotted borders, earrings, a necklace and bracelets, a radiate stephane in her bound hair, looking back at the nude winged figure of Eros aiming his bow and arrow at a swan, its wings outstretched, with scrolling palmette and tendrils in the field, the knob with double palmette and two dotted rosettes, a band of wave around the rim and the bowl, details in added white
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) wide incl. handles
Provenance
K. H. collection, Switzerland, acquired 1980s.
with Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg.
Prof. H.-H. Heissmeyer collection, Schwäbisch Hall, acquired from the above in 1998 (inv. no. 14).
with Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg.
Prof. H.-H. Heissmeyer collection, Schwäbisch Hall, acquired from the above in 1998 (inv. no. 14).
Literature
Vasen, 2008, no. 34 and Vases, 2015, p. 97, no. 33.
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