Code: 0954
Description: A red-figure trefoil lipped oinochoe showing the profile head of a lady of fashion, wearing a beaded necklace, her hair dressed in a kekryphalos (hair net) with a radiate stephane (headband or diadem). Two small chips to the rim, a couple of small inoffensive chips to the base, some wear to the red-figure decoration and some patchy encrustation on the neck, otherwise condition good and a nice example.
Size: 172 mm/6.8 ins. high
Culture: Greek South Italian Colonies
Date: c. 4th Century B.C.
Provenance: Previously in the possession of Pearl Pleydell Bouverie, Lady Montagu of Beaulieu (1895-1996).
