Apulian Red-Figure Footed Plate - Seated Maenad
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Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 350 to 300 BCE. In wiring this I looked at every Greek plate we have ever handled. There were well over a dozen with the venerable Lady of Fashion, looking right?, etc. This is the first and only example we have handled with a scene much more commonly shown on larger vessels like amphorae and bell kraters. Scene presents a feminine maenad, draped in a flowing garment, a beaded necklace, and drop earring as well as a saccos over her upswept coiffure. She sits upon a rocky outcrop, her body in composite profile, holding a patera in her outstretched left hand as if presenting it to someone in front of her. Often, in Greek pottery this would have been a young Dionysus. Behind her is a flowering plant with fillet to her front. Back is 100% glazed in black.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Harry Wallace collection, acquired in the 1980s, by descent to D.B., New Paltz, New York, USA
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#182247
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Harry Wallace collection, acquired in the 1980s, by descent to D.B., New Paltz, New York, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#182247
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Repaired with breaks visible. Paint still strong.
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Apulian Red-Figure Footed Plate - Seated Maenad
Estimate $1,200 - $1,500
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Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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