APULIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA

APULIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA

Red figure scene of female figure with wreath in one hand and presenting square box with two white ‘eggs’ on top to another woman seated on rock, details of hair, necklace and bracelet in added white; on reverse, two large palmettes, one above the other, at either side volute half-palmettes, wave-pattern below, vertical stripes on neck and band of palmettes on shoulder

Ex priv. coll. D.D., Netherlands before 1974
H. 29,2 cm. Repair at chipped mouth, otherwise intact

4th cent. BC