Oinochoe with a trefoil spout

Description:

Apulia, 4th century BC
H. 26 cm
The picture field depicts a young woman with a situla and a twig, conversing with a seated youth wearing a diadem, who is holding a phiale containing an offering cake. Richly decorated with yellow and white paint applications. Above, an egg-and-dart motif; below, a wavy band.
From an old German private collection, acquired before 1990, largely documented in photographs of the owner’s home taken in 1984 and 1985 - Oldl label: 191, 21/11/78,- See: The Met, New York: https://www.metmuseum.org/de/essays/the-five-wares-of-south-italian-vase-painting. Accession No. 06.1021.229