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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 2 tall upright handles, one is broken, the other one has been badly restored 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 winged nude male figure (Eros) holding a wreath in each hand flying to left,.On the other side there is a woman seated on rocks, wearing sleeveless chiton and holding a phiale in one hand. Both figures are framed by a tall palmette scroll; two large palmettes below the handles and a wavy band decoration is around the bottom of the body of the vase. Considered an inferior imitation of the Rochster Group. | Subjects: | Europe Apulia Italy Southern Europe | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.foreignarchaeology.87018 | Go to resource |
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