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ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF KARLSRUHE B9, CIRCA 350 B.C.
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AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED RHYTON
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF KARLSRUHE B9, CIRCA 350 B.C.
Moulded in the form of a bull's head with wide nostrils, the large eyes with black-painted iris and pupils, with wrinkled brows above, the forelock indicated by multiple incised lines between the short horns, alert ears below; the bowl with a nude winged Eros seated on a rocky outcrop, holding a bird on his lap, a draped female before him, wearing a long peplos and holding a laden phiale in her outstretched left hand, palmettes flanking the handle, band of dotted ovolo below the rim, details in added white and yellow
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) long
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF KARLSRUHE B9, CIRCA 350 B.C.
Moulded in the form of a bull's head with wide nostrils, the large eyes with black-painted iris and pupils, with wrinkled brows above, the forelock indicated by multiple incised lines between the short horns, alert ears below; the bowl with a nude winged Eros seated on a rocky outcrop, holding a bird on his lap, a draped female before him, wearing a long peplos and holding a laden phiale in her outstretched left hand, palmettes flanking the handle, band of dotted ovolo below the rim, details in added white and yellow
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) long
Provenance
D. M. collection, Belgium, acquired 1970s-1980s.
with Numisart GmbH, Munich (Katalog 3, no. 42).
Prof. H.-H. Heissmeyer collection, Schwäbisch Hall, acquired from the above in 2005 (inv. no. 34).
with Numisart GmbH, Munich (Katalog 3, no. 42).
Prof. H.-H. Heissmeyer collection, Schwäbisch Hall, acquired from the above in 2005 (inv. no. 34).
Literature
Vasen, 2008, no. 32 and Vases, 2015, p. 93, no. 32.
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