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1054 - APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH DIONYSIAC SCENE BY THE C…

Estimate £3,000 - £6,000

Description

APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH DIONYSIAC SCENE BY THE CIRCLE OF THE BUCRANE PAINTER - TL TESTED Ca. 380 - 360 BC. A bell krater with a broad flaring mouth, deep body tapering to a short stem and spreading foot, with a pair of horizontal loop handles set below the rim. A laurel wreath encircles the vessel beneath the overhanging rim, and a wave pattern runs around the lower body. Large palmettes and scrolling tendrils occupy the zones beneath and beside the handles. Side A depicts Dionysus seated with a thyrsus, extending a wreath in his right hand towards a nude male youth. Side B depicts two youths in himatia standing and engaged in conversation. For similar see: The red-figured vases of Apulia / by A.D. Trendall and Alexander Cambitoglou, Plate 37, n. 5-6. Size: 400mm x 360mm; Weight: 3.8kg Provenance: From a London private collection; previously part of a Dutch collection formed between the 1970s and 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation

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

Auction location

Auction time 10/04/2026 at 2:00 PM

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