Lot 90
  • 90

A Campanian Red-figured Amphora, attributed to the APZ Painter, circa 3rd Quarter of the 4th century B.C.

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A Campanian Red-figured Amphora, attributed to the APZ Painter
  • Pottery
  • Height 50.2 cm. 19 3/4 in.
decorated in front with a standing woman with situla and fan, a seated woman seated on a box, raising her drapery and holding a laurel branch, and a standing woman with open cista and tambourine, the reverse with two draped youths.

Provenance

Kunst und Münzen A.G., Piazza Riforma, Lugano, Switzerland
acquired from the above by the present owner's late husband in the 1970s

Literature

DOCUMENTED
Undated certificate of authenticity on Kunst und Münzen A.G. letterhead, signed by Marcello Merlo

Catalogue Note

For a closely related example by the APZ Painter see A. D. Trendall, The red-figured vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily. First Supplement, 1970, no. 434b, pl. XX,2-3.