APULIAN RED-FIGURE KNOB-HANDLED PHIALE
Last quarter of 4th century BC
height cm 11,5; diam. cm 31,5

In the tondo, a woman is seated on a rock, facing left; she holds a votive box and a garland and she wears a long kithone and jewellery. On the external surface, two figure, specularly arranged: a seated winged figure with cista; a seated woman, a maenad, with a phiale and ritual instruments. The secondary decoration consists of: a laurel branch and wavy band on the inner surface; palmettes under the handles. Intact, only one handle restored on body. Provenance: English private collection, according to the heirs possibly purchased in some auction or Art Gallery during 1970s-1980s (accompanied by an old photograph that show it).