Description : AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF KARLSRUHE B9, CIRCA 340-320 B.C. The obverse with a standing draped female and a nude winged Eros, the female to the right with her right arm extended out, Eros seated to the left on a rocky outcrop, a duck in his lowered left hand, a quartered ball above; the reverse with two standing draped youths, one with a staff, a diptych above; a band of wave encircling below, laurel below the rim, palmettes and tendrils below the handles, vertical lines around the handle-plates, details in added white and yellow 9 13/16 in. (25 cm.) high
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About the lot N° 102 Title : AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED BELL-KRATER Provenance : A New York Private Collection; Important Ancient and Islamic Glass,
Classical, Egyptian, and Near Eastern Antiquities, Sotheby Parke Bernet,
New York, 13 December 1979, lot 295. Literature : A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figure Vases of Apulia, Vol.
II, Oxford, 1982, p. 1047, no. 15a. Christie's, auctioneer, New York, NYIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Antiquities Sale date : 13 Dec 2013It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale