Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 30
An Apulian red-figure lekanis and an Apulian red-figure kantharos 2
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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An Apulian red-figure lekanis and an Apulian red-figure kantharos
Circa 4th Century B.C.
Each decorated with two female heads in profile, wearing a stephane, sakkos, beaded necklace and earrings, with added white and yellow; the heads on the lekanis between two large palmettes, the knopped lid with a central rosette, a band of wave pattern around the base of the lid; the kantharos with high-arching handles with elongated spurs, a band of wave pattern around the rim, 10cm and 16.5cm high respectively (2)
Circa 4th Century B.C.
Each decorated with two female heads in profile, wearing a stephane, sakkos, beaded necklace and earrings, with added white and yellow; the heads on the lekanis between two large palmettes, the knopped lid with a central rosette, a band of wave pattern around the base of the lid; the kantharos with high-arching handles with elongated spurs, a band of wave pattern around the rim, 10cm and 16.5cm high respectively (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the early 1970s.