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- Péliké with red figures Terracotta, beige, black and orang…
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140
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- Péliké with red figures Terracotta, beige, black and orang…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
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Description
- Péliké
with red figures
Terracotta, beige, black and orange pigments.
Broken and glued in several parts, with fillings not exceeding 10 to 15% of the overall surface of the work. Some repainted chips and wear to the decoration.
Magna Graecia, 4th century BC
H: 27.5 cm; W: 19 cm
Provenance: Maïtres Boisgirard &Heeckeren sale, Paris, 19/11/76, lot no. 74
The peliké is a form of Greek vase derived from the amphora, with a swollen lower part, used for transporting liquids and as a medium for red-figure painting. This technique, in which the figures are reserved in the natural colour of the clay against a black varnish background, reached a remarkable level of iconographic refinement in 4th-century Magna Graecia - particularly in the workshops of Apulia.
The visible scene shows a standing nude man holding out a crown to a seated, draped woman holding a cup. This gesture of offering the crown - an attribute of honour and a symbol of election - to the cup held by the woman, evokes a court scene or a ceremonial union, a recurring theme in the Apulian repertoire. The surrounding plant decoration and the quality of the drapery bear witness to the mastery of the vase painters of Magna Graecia.
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