BELL-SHAPED CRATER Campania, second half of the... Lot 83

BELL-SHAPED CRATER Campania, second half of the 4th century B.C. Black glazed terracotta with red reserves Restorations (collages) H. 37 cm Provenance Private collection acquired at the Becker Gallery, Cannes, on 17/04/1998 Accompanied by a certificate of thermoluminescence of QED laboratory. In the entourage of the painter of Nicholson. On the main face, a banquet scene with two male characters and a young woman playing the aula. Under the handles, palmettes. See Trendall, Campania Sicily, II, Calyx-krater, Dublin 511-1880 (4/666) A campanian red-figured bell-krater near the Nicholson painter. The principal side features a banquet scene with two male figures and a young woman playing the aula. Under the handles, palmettes. See Trendall, Campania Sicily, II, Calyx-krater, Dublin 511-1880 (4/666). Ca. mid 4th century B.C.