Bidspirit auction | RARE APULIAN RED-FIGURE THYMIATERION WITH

RARE APULIAN RED-FIGURE THYMIATERION WITH LADY OF FASHION - Ca. 400 - 300 BC. A terracotta stand decorated with red-figure decoration. The top features a shallow, circular dish with a recessed centre adorned with a rosette encircled by a wave pattern. Below, a tall, slender columnar section displays vertical bands of black-painted lines and wave patterns. The lower section, forming the base, is decorated with intricate black-painted designs, including stylised palmettes and a profile portrait of a lady of fashion. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 06.1021.220. A similar example hammered for $4,000 at Christie's, Live Auction 3748, Antiquities, 4 June 2015, Lot 66. Size: 160mm x 70mm; Weight: 270g. Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgium art market; Daniel Bogaerts, Brussels, 1995.