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841 - LARGE GREEK APULIAN RED-FIGURE CALYX KRATER WITH NAISKOS SCE…

Estimate £7,500 - £15,000

Description

LARGE GREEK APULIAN RED-FIGURE CALYX KRATER WITH NAISKOS SCENE. Ca. 400 - 300 BC. A red-figure calyx krater with a deep, rounded body tapering to a short stem and a spreading disc foot. A pair of horizontal loop handles springs from the lower body. A wave pattern runs around the rim, with a laurel wreath below. The lower body is framed by a wave pattern above a band of meander. Side A shows a funerary offering scene centred on a seated woman beneath an architectural naiskos with columns with Corinthian capitals, a tympanum, and palmette acroteria, the structure set on a three-step podium. The woman sits three-quarters to right on a square stool, dressed in a chiton fastened at the shoulders by two fibulae, with a stephane and a mirror held in the raised hand. On either side stand young women in floor-length chitons, one extending a patera towards the seated figure. Side B shows two women in the "Lady of Fashion" style flanking an offering pedestal, one holding a patera and situla, the other with a mirror and a box. For a similar scene, see: The Toledo Museum of Art, Object Number 1977.46. Size: 550mm x 460mm; Weight: 8.43kg Provenance: From a private UK collection; purchased in London in the early 2000s; UK art gallery, 2000s; H. Herbst collection, Germany, 1970s-2000s. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

About the sale FINE ANCIENT ART AND ANTIQUITIES - THE PRINCE COLLECTION

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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 2:00 PM

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