Lot 706
A Red-figured Lykanis with Intricate Feminine Vignettes. Magna Graecia, Campania, c. 350-320 BC. The lykanis, a twin-handled, lidded dish, is one of the preeminent ceramic forms peculiar to the Italian Greeks. The base in fine black glaze, with a reserve band in red around the rim delineated as a laurel wreath. The elaborate lid with three distinct scenes. Each of the women are attired in similar chiton, headdress, and white shoes. A: Woman seated on rocks and holding mirror; Eros, holding sash, flies toward her from behind. B: Eros, standing at left, offers a seated woman a phiale containing fruit; Eros again holds sash, the woman holds wreath and plucks at garment as if about to remove it (she perhaps Aphrodite?). C: Woman, holding large phiale and wreath, runs to right, her head reverted. Figures drawn in a very lively manner in black, with considerable added details in white and yellow. Numerous floral elements serve as fillers in the field. Knob of lid with addorsed palmettes; wave pattern along bottom rim. Lower dish intact and pristine. Lid recomposed from a few large fragments and with insignificant restoration -- otherwise extremely well preserved. Width: 9-3/8". Height: 5-5/8". This a particularly fine and decorative example of its class.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Cf. A.D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily, Oxford 1967, pl. 182, no. 3.
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