Apulian red-figure bell krater in the style of the Dijon Painter. 370 - 360 BC H 28.2 cm, ø mouth 30 cm. On the front, to the side of a small altar and laurel branch, on the left a young woman with a thyrsos and a small box, on the other side Eros with a bunch of grapes. Numerous details in white. Two young men in mantles on the reverse. With certificate from 1986 (copy)! Three marginal fragments broken and reattached, with small retouched losses to the broken edges. Provenance: From a French private collection, acquired from Patrice Laporte in 1986.

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