68 - APULIAN PELIKE (?) WITH RED-FIGURE DECORATION FEATURING EROS

APULIAN PELIKE (?) WITH RED-FIGURE DECORATION FEATURING EROS Black-glazed terracotta with red-figure decoration H. 8.7 cm - D. 9.0 cm Apulia, Magna Graecia, 4th century B.C. Small vase with a globular body, short neck, flared rim, and ring foot, featuring two vertical handles connecting the rim to the shoulder. Each side is decorated with a nude Eros flying to the left, wings spread, his hair held back by a dotted headband. On side A, he holds a hoop and a wand (?). On side B, a frieze of dotted meanders runs beneath the neck, and a long band (?) undulates beneath the figure; a reserved band serves as a ground line beneath each scene. Provenance Private collection, Rome. Declaration of ownership filed with the Soprintendenza for Archaeological Heritage of Rome on February 24, 2004 (no. 5542). Bertolami Auction, December 19, 2017, lot 92. Private collection, France. An Apulian red-figure pelike (?) with Eros Small vase with a globular body, short neck, flaring lip, and ring foot, with two vertical handles extending from the lip to the shoulder. Each side depicts a nude, winged Eros flying to the left, his hair bound with a dotted band. On side A, he holds a hoop and a stick (?). On side B, a dotted meander band runs below the neck, and a long fillet (?) trails beneath the figure; a reserved band serves as a ground line below each scene.