Lot no. 617
APULIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA WITH A SATYR HOLDING THYRSOI.
Ca. 400 - 350 BC
A red-figure terracotta hydria with an ovoid body on a low foot, a broad flaring mouth with a hanging rim, a vertical strap handle rising from the shoulder to the rim, and a pair of horizontal handles set on the upper body. The main panel is decorated with a satyr shown with one foot set on a rock, leaning to the left and holding thyrsoi in both hands, the figure framed by simple vegetal and scroll elements. The neck is encircled by a radiating pattern, and the reverse is plain.
Size: 165mm x 130mm; Weight: 345g.
Private London collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; originally in the collection of L Evrard, Liege 1980’s.
For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 76.12.9.
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