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An Apulian Red-Figured Amphora
Height 24 2/5 inches (61.9 cm).
Estimate: $8,000-$12,000
Passed
Live Auction
Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
Size
Height 24 2/5 inches (61.9 cm).
Description
An Apulian Red-Figured Amphora
Circa Late 4th Century B.C.
Height 24 2/5 inches (61.9 cm).
Condition
T.L. analysis report accompanies this amphora.
Provenance
Provenance:
Private Collection (K.F.), Germany, 1970s.
Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Auction 210, 2012, Lot 358.
Aphrodite Ancient Art, New York, 2015 (Art of the Ancient, Vol. II, no. 7. p. 12).
(accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report)
Note:
The body of this amphora is densely decorated with scrolls, palmettes, vines, and flowers. The obverse depicts a female’s head emerging from a patera. The reverse is a single female head in profile adorned with sakkos. It is possible the the painter was influenced by the Kantharos Group (320-310 B.C.).