LARGE APULIAN PATERA WITH OFFERING WINGED NIKE

Ca. 330 - 300 BC An Apulian patera with red figures covered in black paint with white and yellow added details. The vessel is characterised by a tall bell-shaped foot, a wide body and a rim decorated with relief dots and leaf-shaped handles. The internal decoration shows a continuous ivy vine immediately below the rim around the central medallion with a single register depiction in which two figures facing each other are painted. On the right is a woman wearing a tunic, an elegant Sakkos and jewellery. The girl holds two patera of which the one in the centre is filled with offerings. The figure on the left is a boy wearing a laurel wreath and holding a sack and a spear. The scene's meaning is probably that of a soldier leaving for war. The warrior begins his journey without his shield (on the right of the woman), indicating that he will not return, while his wife brings him funeral offerings to indicate his fate. The scene takes place in a garden designed in a very naturalistic manner. On the external red-figure scenes of offerers and winged erotes bearing gifts alternating with highly articulated Palmette motifs.
Size: 450mm x 170mm; Weight: 2.62kg
Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK/European art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This piece has been precisely dated using a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla. The report will accompany the lot.
3000
Estimate: GBP 4500 - 9000