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A Greek red-figure bell krater image 1
A Greek red-figure bell krater image 2
Lot 31

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Greek red-figure bell krater
Apulia, circa 4th Century B.C.
The decoration enlivened with a white slip, side (a) depicting a nude male holding a patera, facing a female figure draped in a himation carrying a cista, rosettes and flora in the field, side (b) depicting two male figures draped in himatioi facing each other, one leaning on a staff, a band of line and dot design on the ground-line, palmettes beneath the handles, 11¼in (28.5cm) high

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Provenance:
UK private collection, acquired in 1962. Acquired by Mr Roy Grant in 1949 from an antiques dealer in Bath, thence by descent.

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