Lebes gamikos

Description

Lebes gamikos of pottery decorated in red figure style with two standing figures of Eros, palmettes, key meander and scrollwork: Ancient Mediterranean, South Italian, from Apulia, 4th century BC, c. 350 - 325 BC

Museum reference

A.1881.44.23

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Lebes gamikos

Production information

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
Unknown
Apulia, Italy, Southern Europe

Date

Classical
4th century BC

Style / Culture

South Italian
Apulian
Red-figure

Materials

Pottery

Physical description

Earthenware, red figure decoration with white and yellow

Associations

Bale Collection
Depicted: Eros

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Trendall, A.D., Cambitoglou, A., The Red-Figured Vases Of Apulia Volume II; Late Apulian, (Oxford: Clarendon Press) 1982, p.607, 21/26, pl. 223,1-2 (Alabastra Group)

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, (EDINBURGH, The National Museums of Scotland) GREAT BRITAIN, Fascicule 16, p.38, pl.44.1-4

On display

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