European Private Collection. Antiquities, Sothebys Parke Bernet, New York, 22 November 1974. Antiquities, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 17 February 1978. Antiquities Christie's New York, June 5th, 2014. Private Collection, Los Angeles California.
South Italian pottery is a classification for works produced throughout Magna Graecia. The five main centers of production for South Italian wares were, Apulia, Lucania, Paestum, Campania, and Sicily. Each colony developed upon earlier red-figure styles of painting and forms, with some taking the embellishments to new levels.
One of the most common shapes produced in Campania was the bail-amphora. This example is a good illustration of your typical campanian vase not only for its shape but for its use of bright added whites.
A.D. Trendall, "The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily, Third Supplement (Consolidated)," London, 1983, 3/268b.
