Lot no. 184
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF DARIUS AND THE UNDERWORLD
Red-figure krater.
Black glazed terracotta, red reserve and pigment
H. 32.4 cm
Magna Graecia, Apulia, circa 330-310 BC
Provenance
Private collection, Toulouse, Acquired on 6 May 1982, Numifrance Art Antique,
Avenue Général de Gaulle. Thonon. France.
The body decorated on each side.
Side A: in a bucolic setting, a woman dressed in a chiton is seated to the left, holding an ear of wheat. In front of her, a naked young man, crowned with laurel and draped in a cloak over his arms, holds a phiale and a sceptre ending in a long flower.
Side B: two draped men face each other, leaning on sticks.
Palmettes under the handles.
Very well preserved.
Attributed to the Underworld Painter. A Red-figure bell-krater. Apulia, circa 330-310 B.C.
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