Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Vol. XXVI - 2015

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113 CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE MINIATURE BELL KRATER Maltese terrier, right forepaw upraised. Rev: Similar but the forelegs are straight. Ca. 325-300 BC. H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from J. Ede in London in 2004.

109 APULIAN RED-FIGURE CHOUS The body decorated with the profile head of a young satyr, shown with curly hair, pointed ears and a snub nose, his tail curling up from the base in front of him; with a trefoil lip, set on a ring base. Ca. 340-300 BC. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex English private collection, acquired in the U.K. between the 1950s and the 1980s; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in London in October 2008. 110 APULIAN GNATHIA WARE BOTTLE A female head in profile. Reverse: Dove. Decorated in added white, yellow, and red. Late 4th Century BC. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) Ex Swiss private collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Christie’s, London, October 2004. Published: J. Dorig, Art Antique, Collections Privée de Suisse Romande, Mainz, 1975, no. 295. 111 APULIAN GNATHIA WARE GUTTOS in the form of a barrel-shaped quadruped with central funnel and spout tail. Lateral ring handle. Vine and details in added white. Late 4th Century BC. L. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.); H. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in New York, December 1993. 112 APULIAN RED-FIGURE FISH-PLATE CLOSE TO THE HIPPOCAMP PAINTER with a striped perch, a bream, and a star-gazer (uranoscopus scaber) around a central well; high rim with running wave pattern. 4th Century BC. D. 8 1⁄4 in. (21 cm.); H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) Ex collection of J. H. Foote, acquired in Italy in the 1880s, thence by descent to John McElhinney: J.F. collection, Mercer Island, Washington, acquired from RoyalAthena in 2004. Exhibited: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1990 - 2002. Cf. I. McPhee and A. Trendall, Addenda to Greek Red-figured Fish-plates, 1990, no. IV/14a.

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114 CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE BAIL AMPHORA NEAR THE CA PAINTER On both sides is depicted a female head in profile wearing a saccos, diadem, and jewelry; palmettes between. Ca. 360-350 BC. H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) Ex private Dutch collection, acquired in the 1960s; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Munich in December 2005. Cf. A.D.Trendall, Red-figure vases from South Italy and Sicily , 1990, fig. 317/1. 115 CAMPANIAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS PERHAPS BY THE CA PAINTER On one side of the lid head of woman with sakkos, on the other head of a satyr; palmettes between. Ca. 360 - 350 BC. H. with lid 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.); Diam. 3 5/8 in. (9.4 cm.) Ex old Viennese collection; ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Munich, December 2010. 116 SICILIAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS Female head left, with sphendome, saccos, earrings, necklace on either side. Ca. 350-325 BC. H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.), D. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Sotheby’s, London, in December 1991. Attributed by D. Trendall to ‘Near Verona 129 CE’.

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