Auction 85 - Antiquities

APULIAN RED-FIGURE PANATHENAIC AMPHORA
Last quarter of 4th century BC

height cm 49,5; diam. cm 14,5

Large amphora decored on both sides. On one side, there is the depiction of a winged Eros, seated on a support which is covered by a drapery. The character is richly adorned with a necklace, bracelet and shoes and he is holding a mirror in his left hand. On the knees, a small stair. On the opposite side, a female head, with a sakkos with radiant elements, earrings and necklace. The secondary decorative patterns are composed by: large palmettes and tendrils under the handles; a zig zag band wich runs under the characters; a stylized petals, a wavy line under a opened palmetta, on the neck; a laurel tendril on the rim. Intact, only a minor chipping on body and some insignificant discoloration. Provenance: English private collection; formerly in the collection of Dr. W.M., Schweinfurt 1970s - 1980s.

APULIAN RED-FIGURE PELIKE
Near to the Painter of the Berlin Dancing Girl, ca. 430 - 410 BC

height cm 26,5

A particular, very rare, representation: a woman proffering a traveling kit to a seated men. A minor restoration on the foot. Provenance: Property of an English fashion and textile designer, said to been given to her as gift in the 1980s.

APULIAN RED-FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE WITH SEATED DIONYSOS
4th century BC

height cm 10

Intact. Provenance: English private collection, according to the heirs possibly purchased in some auction or Art Gallery during 1970s-1980s.

APULIAN YELLOW-SLIPPED EPICHYSIS
Late 4th - early 3rd century BC

height cm 28,5

Very rare example of yellow-slipped pottery. The fabric and the form are not so usual in Apulia manufacturing, in fact the yellow-slip typically occurs in oinochoai and paterae. Intact. Provenance: English private collection, according to the heirs possibly purchased in some auction or Art Gallery during 1970s-1980s.

APULIAN BELL KRATER IN GNATHIA STYLE
Laurel Spray Group, ca. 350 - 325 BC

height cm 24; diam. cm 31

Very fine bell-krater, with glossy glaze and polychrome painted decoration consists of ovuli, lines and dotts under the rim and branches of vines heavy with grapes; on center, a double handled krater, in which the sweet nectar of the grapes is collected. Intact. Provenance: Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1980s and 1990s.

APULIAN PELIKE IN GNATHIA STYLE
Late 4th - early 3rd century BC

height cm 26,4; diam. cm 12,2

Characterized by the typical decorative motif the female head, in profile, richly adorned, among vegetal branches. Provenance: Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1980s and 1990s.

APULIAN BLACK-GLAZED SKYPHOS IN GNATHIA STYLE
340 - 320 BC

height cm 11,2; diam. cm 9,7

Characterized by the double horizontal vine shoot, composed of a straight branch from which leaves, tendrils and hanging bunches branch off; two similar vertical shoots descend and frame the representation of an alabastron and of a wreath. Intact. Provenance: Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (Düsseldorf).

APULIAN TREFOIL OINOCHOE IN GNATHIA STYLE
Near to the Konnakis Painter, ca. 375 - 350 BC

height cm 13

On the body, within vines branches, a female head with necklace and ivy wreath. Under the vessel's foot, a black painted mark in the shape of a branch. Intact. Provenance: Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1980s and 1990s.

APULIAN TREFOIL OINOCHOE IN GNATHIA STYLE
Second half of 4th century BC

height cm 15

Very elegant oinochoe, with glossy black glaze and decorative motif in white, characterized by two vines branches and a running dog on center. Intact. Provenance: Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1980s and 1990s.

APULIAN OVER-PAINTED CUP-SKYPHOS WITH RUNNING HARE
4th - 3rd century BC

height cm 5,2; diam. cm 10

Intact. Provenance: Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (Düsseldorf).

CANOSINE RED-FIGURE FISH PLATE
Attribuited to the Black and White Stripes Painter of the Hippocampus Group, late 4th century BC

height cm 4,5; diam. cm 19,5

On the surface, three large fishes, one of them is a monkfish; they are spaced out by three waves, departing from the central recess. Restored, as visible from the upper section of one fish. Provenance: Private collection, London; acquired in Brussels from Alara Gallery on 1994; formerly in an old German collection (Düsseldorf).

PROTO-LUCANIAN RED-FIGURE PHIALE
4th century BC

height cm 10,5; diam. cm 16

With double handles, dotted, and characterized by a female head in profile, with richly adorned sakkos, radian stephane and jewellery; around her, stylized volutes and flowers. The secondary decoration consists of a wavy circle and a laurel branch. Intact. Provenance: English private collection; formerly in the collection of Dr. W.M., Schweinfurt 1970s - 1980s.