Bidspirit auction | APULIAN RED-FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE BY

APULIAN RED-FIGURE TREFOIL OINOCHOE BY THE UGENTO PAINTER - Ca. 350 - 325 BC. A trefoil oinochoe attributed to the Ugento Painter. It features a rounded body tapering to a ring base. The neck culminates in a trefoil mouth. The handle is vertical, connecting the upper neck and the shoulder with a slight outward curve. The decoration, executed in the red-figure technique, includes a left-profile portrait of a youth wearing a Phrygian cap, surrounded by stylised motifs and enclosed within red borders.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 41.162.243 (type).Size: 100mm x 65mm; Weight: 95gProvenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Peter van der Elst, Liege, 1987.