Apollo Art Auctions

January 2023 Auction  –  29 January 2023

Apollo Art Auctions , January 2023 Auction

Ancient Art and Coins

Su, 29.01.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
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Description

GREEK APULIAN RED-FIGURE LEKANIS
Ca. 350-300 BC.
Beautifully painted, lidded lekanis of typically elegant form, the shallow bowl painted in black, standing on a stemmed foot and with the lid with knopped finial handle. The main register with red-figure decoration; on one side is androgynous winged Eros, seated on a rock and staring into an ornate mirror, depicted nude, but adorning a selection of beads, anklets and bracelets. On the opposite side is a seated woman, shown with her garment, the folds of the cloth hang loosely about her folded legs, she wears her hair up in an elaborate beaded coiffure, necklace and bracelets. In her left hand she holds a plate or more likely a shallow bowl, called a patera. The scene is bordered by palmettes, large palmettes in between, the knopped finial with a rosette and band of wave pattern on the rim. For a similar see: Gisela M. A. Richter and Marjorie J. Milne, Shapes and Names of Athenian Vases, (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1935), p. 23-24 and figs. 149-151.
Size: L:200mm / W:280mm ; 1.4kg
Provenance: Property of a London Gallery; acquired from US Art dealer; formerly in a German collection, 1983. Exhibited: Olympia Art & Antiques fair, London June 2022.
Estimate: GBP 1500 - 3000

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Price realized 2'600 GBP
Starting price 1'000 GBP
Estimate 1'500 GBP
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