A Paestan Red-figured Bell Krater, attributed to the Painter of Naples 2585, circa 325-310 B.C.

decorated with a lively satyr dancing toward a maenad moving away from him and holding a wreath above his head, the satyr offering her a fruit, a draped youth and maiden conversing on the reverse, the details in added white and traces of yellow.

Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, acquired in 1819 (Christie’s, London, Greek and Etruscan Vases from Nostell Priory, April 30th, 1975, no. 30, illus.)
Long Island Private Collection (Sotheby’s, New York, June 12th, 1993, no. 128, illus.)
Japanese Private Collection

Abbé H. Campbell, no. 7, 39, or 31
A.D. Trendall, Paestan Addenda, Rome, 1959, p. 18, no. A 263
Bloomingdale's catalogue, "Autumn Pleasures," 1986, p. 2
A.D. Trendall, Red-figured Vases of Paestum, Rome, 1987, p. 308, no. 357, pl. 194 a-b

Very good and intact. Note small chip on foot and a smaller chip and some abrasions to the glaze on the rim.
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Attributed by A.D. Trendall to the Painter of Naples 2585.