Asta Bidspirit | Apulian Red-Figure Bell-Krater; late 4th

Apulian Red-Figure Bell-Krater; late 4th century BC; height cm 27, diam. cm 31. A dancing maenad moves towards left, holding a patera and a thyrsus. She is looking a man behind her, who is naked, with a coat draped aroud his arms and floreal wreath on his head. He holds a cista and a thyrsus too. On the other side, two draped youths fronting each other, with a rod and a votive box; an altar between them. Intact. Provenance. Private collection, London; acquired on the art market prior to 1980.