A choice Apulian red-figure lidded oinochoe attributed to the Patera Painter, c. 330 BC, Type 8, the body adorned with a woman reclining left on rocks, holding a mirror and casket while leaning on a kalathos; a fan rests against her legs she is framed by gorgeous palm motifs with a palmette below the double coiled handle. The lit is well-fitted with two female heads opposite palmettes. H: 5 5/8 in (14.3 cm). Cf. A.D. Trendall/A. Cambitoglou, The Red Figured Vases of Apulia, 2, 1982, no. 725; Ex Michael Waltz collection, Munich, acquired in the 1970's; Ex Munich Art Market, Dec. 2011; Ex Royal Athena Galleries.

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