APULIAN RED FIGURE PATERA
SOUTHERN ITALY, C. 340-320 B.C.
£2,750
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
painted ceramic, with painted knob handles, the tondo decorated with the head of a lady in profile wearing a saccos surrounded by a border of rosettes within a laurel wreath, the reverse showing a seated Eros holding a wreath and philae opposite a seated woman holding a wreath and cista
Dimensions
32.5cm diameter
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, Scotland
Christies New York, 12th December 2002