Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World 2016 - Vol. XXVII

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106 APULIAN RED-FIGURE SITULA BY THE PATERA Sout h Italian Vases PAINTER A maenad seated upon a rocky outcrop holds a thyrsos and a patera; a tambor in the field. Reverse: A satyr walks to right holding a calyx krater with both hands; at left a thyrsos on which hangs a panther skin. On the arching handle is a laurel wreath, at one end a lion’s head in raised relief and at the other end a maenad’s face. Ca. 345-325 BC. H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) Ex Swiss collection, acquired in the 1930s. 107 APULIAN RED-FIGURE SMALL KANTHAROS with two ring handles. A kneeling Eros holding a mirror. Reverse: A seated female holding a mirror. Ca. 350 BC. Choice. H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from D. Cahn, Basel, March 2000.

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