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live November 18 | 02:30 PM
Hôtel des ventes de Monte-Carlo

68 - PELIKE (?) APULIENNE A FIGURES ROUGES A DECOR D'EROS

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Estimation

€600 - 800

Sale fees

30%

PELIKE (?) APULIENNE A FIGURES ROUGES A DECOR D'EROS Terre cuite vernissée noire à figures rouges H. 8,7 cm - D. 9,0 cm Apulie, Grande-Grèce, IVe siècle av. J.-C. Petit vase à panse globulaire, col court, lèvre évasée et pied annulaire, muni de deux anses verticales reliant la lèvre à l'épaule. Chaque face est ornée d'un Eros nu volant vers la gauche, les ailes déployées, la chevelure retenue par un bandeau pointillé. Sur la face A, il tient un cerceau et une baguette (?). Sur la face B, une frise de méandres ponctués court sous le col et une longue bandelette (?) ondule sous la figure ; une bande réservée sert de ligne de sol sous chaque scène. Provenance Collection privée, Rome. Déclaration de possession auprès de la Soprintendenza des biens archéologiques de Rome en date du 24 février 2004 (prt. 5542). Vente Bertolami, 19 décembre 2017, lot 92. Collection privée, France. An Apulian red-figure pelike (?) with Eros Small vase with globular body, short neck, flaring lip and ring foot, with two vertical handles from lip to shoulder. Each side shows 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 ground line below each scene.

Auction details

Archéologie online
Wednesday, November 18
02:30 PM
10-12, quai Antoine 1er
98000 Monte-Carlo, Monaco

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Hôtel des ventes de Monte-Carlo +37 7 93 25 88 89 amournet@hvmc.com
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