Ca. 500-400 BC.A rare terracotta bell krater featuring a pedestal foot, cylindrical flared stem, inverted bell-shaped body, two upturned handles and a wide, everted rim. On the lip is a laurel leaf pattern; the obverse and reverse are set upon a meander-and-checker border. The areas between the roots of the handles as well as the inner surfaces of the handles are reserved, as are bands on the foot, stem, and lip. On the obverse a youth holding a staff and robed man with hand outstretched in the motion of giving. Perhaps making an offering or gifting. On the reverse, two youth standing and conversing, one holding a staff. Cf. A.D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Lucania, Campania, and Sicily, Supplement 3, Oxford, 1983. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this lot.Size: L: 285mm / W: 355mm; 2.8kgProvenance: Property of a central London Gallery; formerly in a South English estate collection; acquired in the 1990s from Andre de Munter, Brussels, Belgium; previously in an old European collection.