70. Lebes Gamikos (wedding vessel), painted in red figure technique, Apulia, Southern Italy, 340-320 BCE.

Complete wedding lebes, of small dimensions, with highly elevated handles equipped with conical protuberances. Lid with elongated and grooved button. The wide base continues with a thick grooved shaft attached to the vessel. The vessel is decorated with red figures. On the outer surface of the foot, palmette motifs separated by tridents. On both sides, a feminine head (protome) dressed with differently decorated sakkos. There are white color additions to the sakkos ornament, the crown on the head, the beads around the neck, as well as the plants at the center of which the head is positioned; under the handles, other palmettes.

Dimensions

custom h=17.5 cm, d=9 cm

Description

ceramic

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