15351. Apulian Red Figure Bell Krater

Circa 4th century BC

An inverted ceramic bell shape with twin handles under the rim and used in the symposium as a wine and water mixing vessel.

Decorated with added white and ochre slip in the red figure technique. Obverse decorate with Eros running to right and holding a timpanum and casket. Reverse has a standing draped female; she runs left and holds a casket (box) in her raised hand and a sash in the other. Both scenes are on a on a wavy ground line and there are palmette leaves to the sides.

Size: 9 inches H. x 10-1/4 inches W.

Provenance: Sothebys London, December 8th 1980, lot 15, acquired by Richard J. Bell, San Francisco; sold Sothebys Antiquities and Islamic Art, November 25, 1987 Sale 5640, Lot 527 (accompanied by copy of catalog listing); Ex estate of Ben Smith, Newnan, Georgia.

$7,500

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