ca. 350–325 BC
Greek (South Italian, Apulia)
Containers-Vessels
Terracotta
Overall: 1 1/4 × 6 9/16 in. (3.18 × 16.67 cm)
2020.55

Female busts are perhaps the most common motif on South Italian vases. In front of this woman’s head hangs a towel, indicating an interior setting.

Gift of Bruce Young in memory of Catherine Grinnan Ritter
Charles Ede, Ltd., Antiquities Catalogue 174 (London, Nov. 2003), no. 28.
Comparable: A. D. Trendal and A. Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, Vol. 1 (Oxford 1978) fig. 248/5
November 2003 (Charles Ede, Ltd., London); [1] November 2003, Private collection, Washington. D.C.; [2] Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia, June 17, 2020. [3]

[1] Published in Charles Ede Ltd. Antiquities Catalogue 174 (November 2003), no. 28.

[2] Private Collection of Bruce Young, Washington, D.C.

[3] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.


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