67 - RED-FIGURE OLPE WITH FEMALE PROFILE

RED-FIGURE OLPE WITH FEMALE PROFILE Black-glazed terracotta, red-figure decoration with white highlights H. 11.6 cm Magna Graecia, Apulia, 4th–3rd century B.C. Olpe with a pear-shaped body, a flared neck with a wide, flat rim, and a vertical handle adorned with a Heracles knot. On the main side, a female head in left profile, wearing a sakkos highlighted in white and adorned with a cluster earring, flanked on the left by a volute palmette. On the reverse, large volute palmettes with white highlights. A frieze of posts on the lip and below the decoration; tongues on the neck. Provenance Cannes Enchères auction, March 20, 2019, lot 172 bis. An Apulian red-figure olpe with a female head Olpe with a pear-shaped body, flaring neck with a broad flat lip, and a vertical handle featuring a Herakles knot. On the obverse, a female head in profile facing left, wearing a sakkos with added white and a cluster earring, flanked on the left by a palmette with volutes. On the reverse, large palmettes with volutes and added white. A wave pattern adorns the lip and the area below the decoration, with tongues on the neck. A thermoluminescence test from Qed Laboratory accompanies this lot. Provenance: Cannes Auction, March 20, 2019, lot 172 bis.