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Apulian Red-Figured Pelike - DC.109
Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: 370
BC
to 350
BC
Dimensions:
14.875" (37.8cm) high
Collection: Classical
Medium: Terracotta
Condition: Fine
Additional Information: K. Art Logic--Christie's (New York) 2007 with Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. (Chicago) 1998, Sid Port, Santa Monica
Location: Great Britain
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| Description |
The obverse with a female figure seated
in
the
center, a himation wrapped around her
waist
exposing her upper torso, her head
turned
back,
looking at a nude youth behind her, the
youth
leaning on a walking stick with his left
arm
and
holding a floral wreath in his right
hand, a
fillet
in his hair, to the right a female
figure
wearing a
chiton, holding a fan in her right hand,
branches
in the field; the reverse with a nude
youth
seated
on his mantle and holding a palm branch
in
his
right hand and a white kantharos in his
left,before him a woman wearing a
chiton,holding a white oinochoe in her
right
hand, balancing a large cista on her
left, a
tendril
in the field; a band of meander and
saltire
squares below the scenes, a band of
palmettes
and ovolo on the neck on the obverse and
a
band of laurel on the neck on the
reverse
below
handles, details in added white
- (DC.109)
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