An Apulian red-figure hydria
Circa 350-320 B.C.
Enlivened in white, decorated with two figures standing before a raised altar bound with sashes and hung with phialae, the naked youth holds a thyrsus and carries a bunch of grapes, the woman shown wearing a chiton with her hair dressed in a kekryphalos and holding a fan, set on a wave pattern, with large palmettes arranged around the pouring handle, 10¼in (26cm) high
Circa 350-320 B.C.
Enlivened in white, decorated with two figures standing before a raised altar bound with sashes and hung with phialae, the naked youth holds a thyrsus and carries a bunch of grapes, the woman shown wearing a chiton with her hair dressed in a kekryphalos and holding a fan, set on a wave pattern, with large palmettes arranged around the pouring handle, 10¼in (26cm) high
Sold for
£3,840
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Footnotes
- Provenance:
English deceased estate.
Scottish private collection.
Category: Antiquities
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