A LUCANIAN RED-FIGURED KRATER, ATTRIBUTED TO THE CREUSA PAINTER, CIRCA 390-370 B.C. | A Lucanian Red-Figured Krater, attributed to the Creusa Painter

painted in front with a youth seated on a klismos and playing the lyre, a woman behind him crowning him with a wreath and holding an oenochoe, another woman dancing in front of him, three draped youths on the reverse; foot restored.

Milo John Reginald Talbot, 7th Baron Talbot of Malahide 1912–1973), Ireland
his sister the honorable Rose Talbot (1916-2009), Malahide Castle, by inheritance from the above (Christie’s, London, April 27th, 1976, no. 208, pl. 18)
Geoffrey Turner, Galerij Ancient Art B.V., Amsterdam
private collection, Amsterdam, acquired from the above on January 24th, 1980

A. D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, 1967, p. 92, no. 478

Body, rim and handles intact. Base modern. Join with lower body painted over. Areas of overpaint on black-glazed areas, especially on handles, handle zones, and between draped figures in back. Figural scene in front well preserved and with three minute restorations to seated figure (nose, patch on forehead, and one leaf of wreath).
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