Description:
A pelike with a flared mouth, decorated on both sides, in a somewhat hasty style, with the head of a Lady of Fashion. Her hair is dressed in a kekryphalos. She is wearing a radiate stephane in applied white, beaded earrings and a necklace. Under each handle a palmette is shown, flanked by scrolls.
The pelike was attributed to the Painter of Vienna 334 (Winterthur Group) by A.D. Trendall, and published by him as no. 597b.
The decoration is reminiscent of that on Campanian vases. As remarked in a document accompanying the object, the pelike was thought to fit into the Libation Group and Head Vases, cf. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 30, Issue 541. Special Issue, Institute of Classical Studies, Bulletin Supplement No. 41: The Red‐Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily (1983). However, the document also states that this pelike is not Campanian but Apulian, referring to Arthur Dale Trendall - Alexander Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology) (Oxford, Clarendon Press; New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1978-1982), Vol. II, p. 694-699, and mentioning similar heads illustrated on p. 259.
Accompanied by a document from A.D. Trendall, dated 1 June 1982, partly written with a typewriter and partly by hand, describing the pelike. An old collection number is written underneath, reading "MPB 40".
Published:
Arthur Dale Trendall - Alexander Cambitoglou, First Supplement to The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia (Bulletin Supplement No. 42) (London, University of London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1983), p. 123; 221.
Dating:
Late Apulian, circa 4th century B.C.
Size:
Height 16.2 cm.
Provenance:
Private collection M.P.B., Stockholm, Sweden, prior to 1982; thence UK private collection, acquired from a London dealer between 1997 and 2002; with Bonhams London, 27 April 2006, lot 111; thence Dutch private collection.
Price
€ 1,800
Stock number:
C1379