Late Apulian skyphos by the Arpi painter. 320... Lot 6

Late Apulian skyphos by the Arpi painter. 320 - 310 BC H 12.1 cm, W with handles 20.1 cm, ø body 12.3 cm. On the front in the "Rich Style" a seated young lovers, she with a donation bowl, in front of her Eros with alabastron and branch. On the reverse an advertising scene, on the left a seated young woman with a bowl, on the right in front a young man in a cloak with a wreath in his hand. Details, especially on the front, richly executed in white and yellow. Red overlay on and under the foot. Two fragments of the rim, including a handle, broken in antiquity and repaired using five staples, of which the double holes have been preserved. For the painter, see A. D. Trendall, Rotfigurige Vasen aus Unteritalien und Sizilien. Ein Handbuch (1990) figs. 264-266. Antique repair, otherwise intact with fresh colors. Provenance: In the private collection of P. A., Munich since 2021; previously in German family ownership since before 2000.