CIRCA 360-350 B.C.

Details

A PAESTAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE APHRODITE PAINTER
CIRCA 360-350 B.C.
Side A: seated nude youth holding branch and phiale, fillets and window in the field
Side B: standing draped female holding mirror and phiale
Palmetttes under the handles, band of waves below, band of laurel under the rim, details in added white and yellow
13 in. (33 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by the father of the present owner from Seaby, London, April 1983.

Literature

Coin and Medal Bulletin, Seaby, London, April 1983, no. V 153.
A. D. Trendall, The Red-Figures Vases of Paestum, Hertford, 1987, p. 251, no. 986.

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Descriptif du lot

In 1983 A. D. Trendall corresponded with Seaby saying "work by the Aphrodite Painter appear but rarely...and I shall be very interested to know where this vase finishes up, since in its own way it is a vase of some importance".

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