Apulian Red Figure Skyphos w/ TL Test

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery drinking vessel known as a skyphos of an elegant form bearing an intricate scene in the red figure technique. The mastoid vessel sits atop a discoid foot and has a pair of loop handles emanating off the thin rim. On one side is a nude male youth facing to the left with delineated musculature, his hands grasping a black-lined cloak as well as a curved implement, and his head bearing one triangular eye beneath a curly coiffure. Illustrated on the opposite side is an elegant woman standing in contrapposto while wearing a flowing himation and holding a petite vessel in her right hand, perhaps a pyxis. Large palmettes and spiraling volutes beneath each handle separate the two figures into their own respective halves. Size: 7.25" W x 3.75" H (18.4 cm x 9.5 cm)

This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private T. G. collection, Williston, Florida, USA, #2838, acquired in 2000; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA

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#166783
Condition Report: Repaired and restored from multiple pieces, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Encrustations and abrasions across most surfaces, with light fading and wear to red figure artistry, and nicks to rim, handles, and foot. Nice remains of red figure artistry on exterior surfaces. TL drill holes beneath foot and beneath one terminal of one handle.