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From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities
Name/TitleLebes Gamikos
About this objectThis vase would have been used in marriage ceremonies, possibly for a ritual where the bride is sprinkled with water.
It is made from slightly pale orange-brown Apulian clay with some small white inclusions (Tarentine). On the lid, the knob is painted black. Around the lip is a wave pattern and on the shoulder is a repeated tongue pattern. There is an elaborate palmette design below each handle.
On side A we see a woman moving left. She wears a peplos with a sphendone (a headband) and a stephane (a metal band, worn as a fancy headband) about her hair. In her left hand, she carries a box and in her right a wreath. There are three rosettes and an ivy-left in the field. White highlights with a yellow wash have been added to the decoration.
On the reverse is a youth moving left. He has a wreath about his head, carries drapery on his left arm and wears slippers. In his right hand he carries a dish and in his left a laurel branch. There are two rosettes and two leaves in the field.
MakerConnected to the BM Centaur Group in the Darius-Underworld Circle
Maker RoleArtist
Date Madeca. 350 BC
PeriodClassical
Place MadeItaly; Apulia
Medium and MaterialsCeramic: Pottery
Style and IconographyApulian
Style and IconographyRed-figure
TechniqueThrowing (pottery technique)
MeasurementsHeight including lid 153mm; Height to lip 110mm; Diameter 920mm; Diameter of lid 570mm.
Subject and Association KeywordsClothing and dress
Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Credit LineDonated by M.K. Steven, 1970.
Object TypeContainers
Object number107.70
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