Large red-figure Apulian phiale
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Object number
AR3427
| Object: |
Phiale (bowl for libation, an offering of liquids to a deity)
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| Material: |
Red-figure pottery Red clay with black slip and white paint |
| Date: |
Second half 4th century B.C. South Italian, Apulian |
| Description: |
Large deep plate with foot with ring-shaped base. Rim bent to the outside and undercut. Two almost vertical attached flat handles, slightly bent towards the rim in their centre. Inside tondo with standing draped woman, holding box and phi, decorative elements in the field. Large laurel wreath around the tondo, band of wave crests on top side of the rim, band of short lines / dots on the outside of the rim. Outside body fully covered in black slip except thin reddish band at the foot. |
| Size: |
Height 125mm, diameter 370mm.
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| Condition: |
Almost perfectly preserved. The large body fully intact apart from small restored part at rim. Surface very well preserved, with minor chips and wear. Decoration well preserved. At bottom pencil note "Kylik apula III s".
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Trieste, Museo Civico 1, IV.D.23, Pl. 26.2, 4 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Taranto, Museo Nazionale 1, IV.D.R.5, Pl. 8.4 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois 1, Pls. 21.1-2, 52.1 (different handle type) |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2023 at a Swiss auction house. Ex Swiss private collection P. Bonsera, Basel. Acquired in 2019 from the Swiss art market in Basel. Ex Herbert A. Cahn (1915- 2002), Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel. Acquired in the 1950s - 1960s from the Swiss private collection Hans Kärsteiner, Zug.
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| Authenticity: |
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