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Description: | Red figure lebes gamikos (marriage vase) with semi-ovoid shape body on a stemmed circular base, with flat shoulder and a small raised lip. It has remains of tall upright handles with 2 small raised notches at either side. It has a domed lid with brocken conical knob. Rim, handles and base are black painted. The shoulder is decorated with vertical lines pattern. The outside of the body is decorated on one side with a nude youth with a robe draped over his arms, holding a wreath in one hand,.On the other side there is a woman moving towards the right and looking back, holding a large phiale in one hand. Both figures are framed by a tall palmette scroll where the central leaf assumes the shape of a comb; two large palmettes below the handles. Minor vase in the manner of the Apulianizing (APZ) Painter | Subjects: | Italy. Europe | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.foreignarchaeology.80401 | Go to resource |
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