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Auction archive: Lot number 68

A LARGE APULIAN HYDRIA, BY THE VARRESE PAINTER , the frieze on the body showing seven women at their toilet, on the left sits a female figure holding a tall lotus flower stem looking towards an open casket which her companion holds, behind them sits ...

Auction 07.12.1994
7 Dec 1994
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$15,584 - US$23,376
Price realised:
£9,200
ca. US$14,337
Auction archive: Lot number 68

A LARGE APULIAN HYDRIA, BY THE VARRESE PAINTER , the frieze on the body showing seven women at their toilet, on the left sits a female figure holding a tall lotus flower stem looking towards an open casket which her companion holds, behind them sits ...

Auction 07.12.1994
7 Dec 1994
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$15,584 - US$23,376
Price realised:
£9,200
ca. US$14,337
Beschreibung:

A LARGE APULIAN HYDRIA, BY THE VARRESE PAINTER , the frieze on the body showing seven women at their toilet, on the left sits a female figure holding a tall lotus flower stem looking towards an open casket which her companion holds, behind them sits another woman who is being passed a fan, watching is a seated figure holding a large shallow dish, in front a woman holding a mirror and a pouch in conversation with her companion who proffers an alabastron, above them hangs a fillet. Dividing the main frieze from the shoulder frieze is a panel enclosing a central female head in profile, emerging from acanthus leaves from which spring scrolling tendrils and flower stalks. A frieze around the shoulder depicts seven similar women, the three seated on the left in conversation, one holding a fan, another a closed casket, the two seated women on the right flanking a winged flying Eros. In the centre a seated youth looks at a woman who advances towards him, her companion crowning him with a wreath, a loutrophos between them. Details in added purple, white and yellow, the reverse and sides with multiple palmettes and scrolls, repaired with slight restoration, 4th Century B.C. 25in. (63.5cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A LARGE APULIAN HYDRIA, BY THE VARRESE PAINTER , the frieze on the body showing seven women at their toilet, on the left sits a female figure holding a tall lotus flower stem looking towards an open casket which her companion holds, behind them sits another woman who is being passed a fan, watching is a seated figure holding a large shallow dish, in front a woman holding a mirror and a pouch in conversation with her companion who proffers an alabastron, above them hangs a fillet. Dividing the main frieze from the shoulder frieze is a panel enclosing a central female head in profile, emerging from acanthus leaves from which spring scrolling tendrils and flower stalks. A frieze around the shoulder depicts seven similar women, the three seated on the left in conversation, one holding a fan, another a closed casket, the two seated women on the right flanking a winged flying Eros. In the centre a seated youth looks at a woman who advances towards him, her companion crowning him with a wreath, a loutrophos between them. Details in added purple, white and yellow, the reverse and sides with multiple palmettes and scrolls, repaired with slight restoration, 4th Century B.C. 25in. (63.5cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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