ASTA 106 - ANTIQUITIES ASTA 106 - ANTIQUITIES
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APULIAN RED-FIGURE COLUMN-KRATER Near to the Stoke-on-Trent Painter, ca. 340...
APULIAN RED-FIGURE COLUMN-KRATER
Near to the Stoke-on-Trent Painter, ca. 340 - 320 BC
height cm 40
The decoration is characterized by two female heads, in profile, arranged one on each side. Their heads have a richly decorated saccos, with a spiked stephane and a knot of hair emerges from it; both women are characterized by curly hairs and they are adorned with necklace and hoop earrings. A woman is outside: on left is a folded cloth, to provide shade among the foliage; the second woman is inside: on the right is a window to the outside.
Clearly restored on the body.
Provenance. English private collection, acquired on the art market between 1980s and 1990s.