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POTTERY. Magna Graecia. 6th-4th Cent. BCE.Electronic Auction 566 Antiquities Sold For $ 1 100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
POTTERY. Magna Graecia. 6th-4th Cent. BCE. (170 mm wide x 190 mm tall). An Apulian Kantharos with an extended stem and two vaulted handles. The rounded foot extends into a long stem that supports the body of the cup. In this case, restoration on the stem in the middle of the support is present. The body is decorated with two Ladies of Fashion adorned in jewelry and wearing hair up in a fancy bun. A flared lip terminated in a rounded edge, to either side, it supports a fancy vaulted handle that forms a ring above the cup and then extends down to the body of the vessel. A single embellishment extends from the bottom. Reassembled from fragments. Wonderful glaze remaining. Minor chipping and some loss at foot. |