Campanian bail amphora with warrior
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Object number
AR3274
| Object: |
Bail amphora
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| Material: |
Red-figure pottery Red clay with black slip and white paint |
| Date: |
4th century B.C. South Italian, Campanian. |
| Description: |
High vase with elegant foot, slightly conical body flat shoulder and high neck with broad lip. On it, attached handle with hole in the center which could be used to suspend the vessel. One side shows a naked warrior standing to the left, the right foot set on two stones. He carries a white shield and white leg protectors, the right hand is holding a lance on which the warrior is leaning. Hair dressed with a white pearl diadem. The other side shows a corpulent young man standing to the left, dressed with a wide himation (a so-called "mantle youth"). Both sides separated by volutes, on the neck band of long rays. |
| Size: |
Diameter 100 mm, height 328 mm.
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| Condition: |
Almost perfect condition. The lip and bail restored from fragments, otherwise complete and undamaged. Original paint almost perfectly preserved, incl. the sensitive yellow and white painting.
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| Reference: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Providence, Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design 1, Pl. 29.1A-B
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2022 at the German art market. From an old German private collection, acquired 2013 at von Zengen auction house. Ex old German private collection Rosenkranz, acquired in the 1970s.
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| Certificate: |
An Art Loss certificate is available for this object. The Art Loss database comprises over 500.000 ancient objects which were reported as lost or stolen and also actively involves the corresponding Interpol and FBI databases. A print copy of the Art Loss certificate will of course be delivered together with this object. |
| Authenticity: |
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