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An Apulian Red-figured Mug and Lid, circa 350-330 B.C.

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July 6, 01:23 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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An Apulian Red-figured Mug and Lid

circa 350-330 B.C.


with knotted handle and knobbed lid, painted in front with the profile head of a woman facing left and wearing a sakkos, rosettes in the field, a wreath of leaves and berries on the neck of the vessel, the details in added yellow and white.

Height 19 cm.

European private collection, late 19th Century (based on collection monogram)
French private collection (Hôtel des Ventes de Melun, Jacobowicz & Associés, Vaux-le Vicomte, Partie II, November 20th, 2011, no 179, illus.)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner

The underside of the mug is inked with a collector’s monogram spelling the letter T and S. A similar monogram is known from prints collected by Thomas Stettner (1856-1943), who taught Classical philology in Bavaria: http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/9381.