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| PAESTAN BELL KRATER FROM THE ASTEAS-PYTHON WORKSHOP With figures in applied red. Seated nude female or hermaphrodite. Reverse: Seated half-nude female. Ex London collection, 1987; John Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1988; Patricia Kluge collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990-2010. Ca. 340-330 BC H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) 1,000 Years of Ancient Greek Vases II, no. 161 PK1012K $7,500 Sales Please see further information below. |
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Side A: A nude woman is seated to the left on a mottled rock; her rolled cloak serves her as a cushion. She holds a wreath or necklace in each hand. The other object in her right hand would normally be described as a Paestan “skewer of fruit,” were it not for the identical object floating at the right without the benefit of her support. The woman’s hair is bound with three fillets. She wears shoes. Her bandoleer and thigh chain are strung with black beads. Side B: A half-nude woman is seated in the same posture as the woman on side A, but upon a stylized flower rather than a rock. Her bordered himation has fallen around her waist, leaving her torso nude. Three fillets bind her hair, and she wears a necklace of black beads. Her feet overlap the groundline. She holds “skewers of fruit” in both hands, and also a fillet in her left hand. A wave pattern circles the vase below the rim. The figures are framed by tall florals. There are large palmettes under both handles. The groundline is a single incised line that circles the lower body. |
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