Pelike
L-64-515
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | L-64-515 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Apulian | South Italian |
Provenience | Italy | Apulia |
Manufacture Location | South Italy |
Creator | Tarrytown Group |
Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Red Figure |
Iconography | Winged Male | Stool | Furniture | Mirror |
Description | A) Seated woman at left facing naked youth at right. Woman holds open chest in right hand, mirror in left and sits on three-legged stool. Youth stands with right foot on rock, garment draped between legs, up over right shoulder and down back. In left hand he holds out alabastron toward woman; in right he holds a diagonal knobbed stick. Above, a naked, winged male figure kneels and holds a wreath over the head of the youth with right hand. In left he holds a bird. The right foot of the youth is placed on an Ionic capital with a short shaft. B) To left a seated woman, to right a naked youth, confronting each other. The woman is seated on a four-tiered rock holding a phiale and a belt (?) in her left hand, a bunch of grapes in her right hand. The youth stands in three-quarter view holding out a mirror (?) toward the woman in his right hand. In his left he holds a phiale. Suspended from his left forearm is a long piece of drapery reaching to the ground. Maeander pattern encircles pot below both scenes. On A, above, top to bottom: rosettes; egg pattern; beads. On B, above: laurel (?). Intact. |
Height | 36.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 20.8 cm |
Other Number | 06-145 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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