Bidspirit auction | APULIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA WITH A

APULIAN RED-FIGURE HYDRIA WITH A SATYR HOLDING THYRSOI - Ca. 400 - 350 BCA red-figure terracotta hydria with an ovoid body on a low foot, a broad flaring mouth with a hanging rim, a vertical strap handle rising from the shoulder to the rim, and a pair of horizontal handles set on the upper body. The main panel is decorated with a satyr shown with one foot set on a rock, leaning to the left and holding thyrsoi in both hands, the figure framed by simple vegetal and scroll elements. The neck is encircled by a radiating pattern, and the reverse is plain.Size: 165mm x 130mm; Weight: 345g.Private London collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; originally in the collection of L Evrard, Liege 1980?s.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 76.12.9.