Description:
A beautiful kylix, which has been attributed to the Bitonto Group (circa 340-320 B.C.). In the interior side we see a scene within a band of waves and laurel. A draped female figure is seated on a pile of cushions. She is wearing a string of pearls around her neck, and has several ribbons and other adornments in her hair. A fan is resting on her lap. She has a phiale in her proper right hand. A ribbon around her left wrist is tied to what appears to be a ball. Her feet, in white shoes, break through the surrounding band.
The outside shows two female heads, sketched in profile, both looking to the left and both with ear rings, ribbons and other adornments. There are scrolling palmettes under the handles. Details were added in white and yellow.
A marvellous cup with an outstanding provenance.
Published:
A.D. Trendall - A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia. Vol. II: Late Apulian. Indexes. (Oxford, 1982), p. 950, no. 308.
Exhibited:
Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, Belgium, 1934-1957.
Dating:
Circa 340-320 B.C.
Size:
Width 19 cm including the handles.
Provenance:
Collection of Jacques Errera, Belgium, reputedly gifted to him by the King of Italy. Thence by descent in the family. Jacques Errera (1834-1880) was the co-founder of the Banque de Bruxelles (1871). Later he became the first Italian consul in Belgium.
Condition:
Repaired from five large fragments, with a few small areas of infill, some overpainting only along the repair lines; part of the handles restored, as well as a small area of the bowl where one of the ends of one handle is attached to the bowl; a few minuscule flaked chips to the rim; a little bit of rubbing and loss to the white and yellow paint. There is a faint ink inscribed number on the underside, reading "768"(?). A magnificently decorated kylix, with a star provenance.
SOLD
Stock number:
C0838