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A Greek red-figure bell krater image 1
A Greek red-figure bell krater image 2
Lot 25

A Greek red-figure bell krater

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Greek red-figure bell krater
Lucania, attributed to the Pisticci Painter, circa 400-380 B.C.
Depicting on side (a) a central standing nude warrior holding a spear, on the left a draped female figure offering two paterae towards him, on the right a draped bearded male figure holding a staff, side (b) with three standing draped youths, 33.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
French private collection, Paris, purchased at the Drouot circa 2010.
French private collection since the 1950s.

Literature:
The Pisticci Painter is the artist with whom the introduction of red-figure painting into Lucania is connected. His work demonstrates his familiarity with Attic conventions. For further discussion, see A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, Oxford, 1967, pp. 9-25, pls.1-6.

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