Wedding Loutrophoros attributed to the Baltimore painter. Magna Graecia, Apulia, 4th century BC.

Wedding Loutrophoros attributed to the Baltimore painter. Magna Graecia, Apulia, 4th century BC.
Ceramics.
Provenance: Private collection, Heidelberg, Germany, formed before 1970.
Attached thermoluminescence test.
Very good state of preservation, recomposed only from six large fragments, professionally covering the lines.
Measurements: 102 x 33 cm.

The one we are now bidding for is a loutrophoros or lutrophore, a vessel originating from Greek ceramics, initially used to contain bath water. The Baltimore Painter, active in the last quarter of the fourth century BC, was one of the protagonists of the phase called late Apulian, and considered the last great painter of Apulian ceramics. His conventional name derives from a scroll krater preserved in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.