Lot #697 - An Apulian Red-Figure Pelike, Circa Fourth Century B.C.
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Auction House:Leonard Joel
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Sale Name:The Graham Geddes Antiques Relocation Auction
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Sale Date:21 Mar 2015 ~ 11am
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Lot #:697
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Lot Description:An Apulian Red-Figure Pelike, Circa Fourth Century B.C.
side A depicting a richly dressed and ornamented dancing maenad, holding a thrysus and a large ribboned tympanum, with a sash, ivy and rosettes in the field; side B depicting a richly dressed and ornamented seated female figure to the left, holding a phiale and a xylophone, facing to the right a standing winged Eros wearing jewellery and holding a wreath and arrows. Side A with a band of laurel at the neck and side B with a band of palmettes, each scene enlivened with white and ochre paint, with a meander and saltire squares baseline, a ring of strokes around the base of the handles with palmettes below, elsewhere reserved, (losses to surface), 24.9cm high -
Provenance:Ex Graham Geddes collection; Ex Haley’s 2003
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Estimate:A$2,000 - 3,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Antiquities
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