Over time these decorations became more complex, incorporating numerous details in both black and white, which enhanced the narrative and decorative sense of the depictions. Each figure was silhouetted against a black background, allowing painters to portray anatomical details with greater accuracy and variety. The red-figure technique, on the other hand, allowed greater freedom. Painters working with black figures were forced to keep the motifs well separated from each other and to limit the complexity of the illustration. The technical basis was the same in both cases, but in the red figures the colouring is inverted, with the figures highlighted against a dark background, as if illuminated by a theatrical light, following a more natural scheme. It replaced the previous predominant style of black-figure ware within a few decades. It was developed in Athens around 530 BC, and was used until the 3rd century BC. The handles may be small and horizontal, projecting from the rim (in Corinthian and Athenian forms), or they may be in the form of a loop, placed on the rim or protruding from the base.The piece is decorated with the red-figure ware technique, which was one of the most important figurative styles in Greek ceramics. As for the typology of the piece, the skyphos is a deep wine cup, with two handles and a low, wide base, or without a base. This type of decoration, based on the effigy of a woman in profile, is known as 'beuty lady', a type of ornamentation that was very common in the decoration of Greek ceramics. The body is decorated using the red-figure technique, with a full-length female figure flanked by large palmettes and borders. Width between the handles: 33.5 cm.Skyphos from Greek pottery workshops, dated to the 4th century BC. Repair of large fragments, no new areas.Measurements: 25 cm (height).
Purchased from the David Ghezelbash Gallery, Paris.Good condition.
Apulia, Magna Graecia, 4th BC.Ceramics with red figures.Provenance: private collection, Paris.
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