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Amphore à figures rouges, Apulie, 350-320 avant JC
Slender tall vessel fashioned in the Panathenaic shape, with disc foot and twin handles, decorated in classic red-figure technique. The center of each panel is filled by the depiction of a beautiful woman's head adorned with jewelry. Her hair has been carefully styled and gathered into a saccos, small bun at the top of her head held together by a lace ribbon that sways in the breeze. Depicted in profile, this woman is clearly a classy, sophisticated socialite or a beautiful goddess. Black palmettes on the neck. Large palmettes fronds under handles.
This amphora was probably part of furniture interred in a chamber-tomb, from ancient workshops dotted around the Greek colonies of southern Italy (known in antiquity as Magna Graecia).
Perfect condition. Intact.
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Magna Graecia, Apulia, circa 350 -320 BC
In an overview of Ancient Greek pottery, perhaps no single style is as charming as the works originating from the Italian province of Apulia. The Greek colonies of southern Italy (known in antiquity as Magna Grecia) were marked by their initial allegiance to the ceramic styles of the Attic mainland. However, over the years, native traditions and innovations heavily influenced the works of Magna Grecian potters. Unorthodox forms and painting-styles were seamlessly merged with the standard Greek style, creating distinctive works of art unique to the Hellenistic world.
Ref. 1000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases, II / Vases en voyage, de la Grèce à l'Etrurie, 2004 / M. Denoyelle, M. Iozzo, La céramique grecque d'Italie méridionale et de Sicile, 2009
entre 2000 € et 3000 €





