Lot no. 142
APULIAN SQUAT LEKYTHOS DEPICTING A SEATED WOMAN.
Ca. 350 - 300 BC.
A red-figure squat lekythos with a funnel-shaped mouth, a slender neck, and a bulbous body tapering gently into a slightly raised foot. The neck is decorated with vertical stripes and the main body depicts a seated female figure. She is draped in flowing attire, her hair tied back and detailed with added black. She extends her right arm and her left is holding a wreath. Elaborate vegetal motifs flank the figure on both sides, consisting of stylised palmettes and scrolling tendrils.
For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 41.162.85.
Size: 120mm x 50mm; Weight: 105g
Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Peter van der Elst, Liege, 1987.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
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