APULIAN BELL KRATER WITH ELEGANT OFFERING SCENE BY THE BARI PAINTER 5981. Ca. 350 - 325 BC. A red-figure krater standing on a flaring foot with a broad bell-shaped body rising to a wide mouth and an everted rim. A continuous band of laurel leaves runs beneath the rim, while each handle is flanked by scrolling palmettes extending down the sides. Side A depicts three draped female figures in added white and ochre, holding a mirror, fans, situlae, a vegetal branch and a wreath, arranged around a central thymiaterion. Side B shows three draped youths, each wrapped in a himation, with additional motifs suspended in the background. A wave band encircles the vessel below the main panels. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 06.1021.233. Size: 410mm x 400mm; Weight: 5.1kg Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired in London in the early 2000s; formerly with Verite collection, Paris, France formed in the 1970s. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.