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Apulian Red Figure Trefoil Oinochoe w/ Lady of Fashion

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**Originally Listed At $500**

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe with a small circular foot, a piriform body with a lightly-corseted neck, a trefoil-style pouring spout, and a slender handle arching between rim and shoulder. A wide red-figure panel depicts an elegant left-facing 'lady of fashion' head with almond-shaped eyes, a petite nose, curled bangs, and a kekryphalos hairstyle, all framed within partial palmettes and a top register of cresting waves. The vessel - save for the underside of the foot - is covered with a lustrous jet-black glaze. Size: 2.375" W x 3.75" H (6 cm x 9.5 cm).

Provenance: private Owen collection, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA, acquired in the 1990s from a US-based dealer

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.

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Condition Report: Professional repair to area of trefoil spout. Minor abrasions to body, base, and spout, with fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory label beneath foot.

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**Originally Listed At $500**

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe with a small circular foot, a piriform body with a lightly-corseted neck, a trefoil-style pouring spout, and a slender handle arching between rim and shoulder. A wide red-figure panel depicts an elegant left-facing 'lady of fashion' head with almond-shaped eyes, a petite nose, curled bangs, and a kekryphalos hairstyle, all framed within partial palmettes and a top register of cresting waves. The vessel - save for the underside of the foot - is covered with a lustrous jet-black glaze. Size: 2.375" W x 3.75" H (6 cm x 9.5 cm).

Provenance: private Owen collection, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA, acquired in the 1990s from a US-based dealer

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.

#146031
Condition Report: Professional repair to area of trefoil spout. Minor abrasions to body, base, and spout, with fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory label beneath foot.

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