Lot no. 599
APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER WITH SYMPOSIUM SCENE. Ca. 350 BC A red-figure bell krater with a wide, bell-shaped body, short flaring foot, everted rim, and two horizontal handles at the shoulder. Side A depicts a symposium scene with two male figures reclining on klinai draped in striped textiles. Between them stands a female figure playing the double flute (aulos). The symposiasts are partially nude; each holds a drinking vessel, and the figure on the left also holds a lyre. Side B presents three draped youths standing in conversation, each wearing a himation, set against a plain background. A laurel band encircles the rim, and a meander frieze with cross-squares runs below the figural scenes. Size: 380mm x 375mm; Weight: 5.17kg. Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2013.158.
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