Apulian red-figure skyphos with profile Lady of Fashion, side A view, Magna Graecia ca. 340–320 BCE
Apulian red-figure skyphos, Lady of Fashion with sakkos and stephane, side A close view
Apulian red-figure skyphos, side B mirror view of Lady of Fashion, ca. 340–320 BCE
Apulian red-figure skyphos, profile portrait detail with beaded necklace and drop earrings
Apulian red-figure skyphos, palmette handle ornament and wave-band rim detail
Apulian red-figure skyphos with profile Lady of Fashion, side A view, Magna Graecia ca. 340–320 BCE
Apulian red-figure skyphos, Lady of Fashion with sakkos and stephane, side A close view
Apulian red-figure skyphos, side B mirror view of Lady of Fashion, ca. 340–320 BCE
Apulian red-figure skyphos, profile portrait detail with beaded necklace and drop earrings
Apulian red-figure skyphos, palmette handle ornament and wave-band rim detail
Apulian red-figure skyphos with profile Lady of Fashion, side A view, Magna Graecia ca. 340–320 BCE
Apulian red-figure skyphos with profile Lady of Fashion, side A view, Magna Graecia ca. 340–320 BCE Apulian red-figure skyphos, Lady of Fashion with sakkos and stephane, side A close view Apulian red-figure skyphos, side B mirror view of Lady of Fashion, ca. 340–320 BCE Apulian red-figure skyphos, profile portrait detail with beaded necklace and drop earrings Apulian red-figure skyphos, palmette handle ornament and wave-band rim detail

Apulian Red-Figure Skyphos with Profile Lady of Fashion

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Magna Graecia, South Italy, ca. 340 – 320 BCE

A fine and intact Apulian red-figure pottery skyphos featuring a deep, tapering body resting on a disc foot, flanked by twin horizontal loop handles at the rim. Both side A and side B are decorated in mirror fashion with the profile head of a female (Lady of Fashion) facing left. She wears an elaborate, patterned sakkos (headdress), radiant stephane, beaded necklace, and drop earrings highlighted in added white slip. Large fan palmettes with scrolling tendrils flank each handle, with a wave-pattern band encircling the rim directly beneath the lip.

Dimensions: 3 7/8 in (9.8 cm) Height x 6 in (15.2 cm) Width across handles.

Condition: Intact condition with strong black glaze gloss, distinct added white pigment preserved, and minor surface wear consistent with age.

Provenance: Formerly in a US collection.

Comparative Literature: Trendall, A.D. The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, Oxford University Press.  Mayo, Margaret Ellen. The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1983.


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