Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 34
An Apulian red-figure epichysis
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
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An Apulian red-figure epichysis
Circa 350-300 B.C.
With a head of winged Eros on the shoulder, wearing a radiate stephane, sakkos, beaded necklace and earring, a palmette beneath the handle, a wave pattern around the flanged shoulder and base, an ivy-leaf pattern on the body, with mascarons on both sides of the beaked spout, 18cm high
Circa 350-300 B.C.
With a head of winged Eros on the shoulder, wearing a radiate stephane, sakkos, beaded necklace and earring, a palmette beneath the handle, a wave pattern around the flanged shoulder and base, an ivy-leaf pattern on the body, with mascarons on both sides of the beaked spout, 18cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the early 1970s.