Apulian Red-Figure Oenochoe with Phlyax Scene, 340-330 B.C

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An Apulian red-figure trefoil lipped oenochoe, circa 340-330 B.C., the oenochoe decorated on one side only, with the frontal panel depicting a phlyax scene of two comic actors facing one another, each wearing masks and padded tunics with tights below, with the figure on the left also wearing a large phallus and that on the right dressed specifically as an old man with a staff, the figure on the left gesticulating with a band of ovolo on the neck, a red painted cross on the underside, elsewhere reserved, (losses to surface), 18.4 cm high Provenance: ex Graham Geddes collection; ex Julian Beale collection 18 February 1997; Sotheby's London 8 December 1986, Lot 185

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Oenochoe / Oinochoe - An oenochoe, also spelt oinochoe is an Ancient Greek wine jug or a modern jug usually silver, made in the same form, with a single curved handle and is usually taller than it is wide.
Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.

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