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Large Apulian red-figure pelike by the Painter of Athens 1714. - Large Apulian red-figure pelike by the Painter of Athens 1714. 360 - 350 BC. H 44.5cm, ø 28.2cm. On one side, a seated youth holding staff and small box before a woman with parasol, leaning against a pillar. Between them is a candelabra, and behind the youth is another woman taking the lid from a box standing on a further pillar. Above it hovers Eros, crowning the scene. This scene is particularly interesting in terms of the luxurious furnishings of that time. On the other side, another seated youth with thyrsus and large basin receives a wreath from a woman, and above them is yet another hovering Eros, this time with phiale and taenia. Details in white and yellow. Detailed representation! Composed of fragments, small chips on the fracture edges retouched. Acquired between 1802 and 1810 by Amédée Julien in Naples; then owned by a Geneva family since 1811. • Subject to temporary admission.