A Large Apulian Red-figured Patera, attributed to the Stuttgart Group, circa 330-300 B.C.

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December 6, 03:36 PM GMT

Estimate

35,000 - 45,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Gentleman

A Large Apulian Red-figured Patera

attributed to the Stuttgart Group, circa 330-300 B.C.

with low pedestal foot and twin ribbed handles flanked by knobs on the rim, the interior painted with Nike racing in a chariot drawn by rearing white horses, Eros in flight above, rich scrolling vegetation in the field and below the rim, details added in white and yellow.

Diameter 48.6 cm.

This lot should have a W symbol in the printed catalogue. Lots marked "W" will be sent to Greenford Park Warehouse immediately after the auction.

Donna Jacobs Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1992 or earlier

Safani Gallery, New York

Steve Schmidt, San Francisco, acquired from the above in 2007 (Christie's, New York, March 31st, 2018, no. 58, illus.)

acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Published

A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, Second Supplement to the Red-figured Vases of Apulia, part 2, London, 1992, p. 368, no. 232a, pl. CII, 1

The Stuttgart Group is a group of Late Apulian red-figure vase painters of unknown name which was in operation between 330 and 300 B.C. In style, the vases of the group are close to the Baltimore Painter and White-Sakkos Painter as well as the Underworld Painter, the Sansone Painter and the Kantharos Group. Like the work of the White-Sakkos Painter, the vases of the Stuttgart Group feature busy and dynamic scenes, and frequently depict chariots pulled by rearing white horses alongside a winged Eros, as on this vase.