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An apulian red-figured cup skyphos Mid 4th century BC
Price realized:
650,00 GBP
Bids:
11

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Lot status:
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Description

An apulian red-figured cup skyphos
Mid 4th century BC; alt. cm 7; diam. cm 12,5; A deep-bowled hemispherical cup skyphos with a low foot and short horizontal handles set just below the rim. Painted in the red-figure style, beneath the handles are palmettes and spiral decorations. On the body of the cup is a nude youth running to the left holding a string object in his hand. On the other side a young girl runs to the right, wearing a chiton tied at the waist, depicted with both arms raised and playing with a ball in flight.
Intact.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, London; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s.

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