Légende

Red-figure pelike depicting a woman putting on a pearl necklace; Southern Italic (Apulian) pottery, reddish-yellow clay, c. 380 BC. Pelike with a bulging belly, thick disc-shaped foot, and ribbon-like handles; edge and underside of foot left the color of clay. Around the neck: band of straight and inverted palmettes in a zigzag. Below the belly scene: a meander interrupted by horizontally filled rectangles. Obverse: a woman seated on a klismos holding a necklace, wearing a finely pleated chiton, a cloak wrapped around her hips and knees, and a diadem on her head; to her right a girl stands leaning against a small column; behind her a naked youth with a cloak over his left arm holds a small disc or sphere in his right hand. Reverse: two youths in cloaks flank a stele with a base seen in perspective; a wreath above the stele. Vessel type: pelike; height 29.3 cm, width 21.5 cm.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A33_389

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

73.7Mo (9.9Mo) / 37.5cm x 49.3cm / 4427 x 5819 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Red-figure pelike depicting woman putting pearl necklace Southern Italic Apulian pottery reddish-yellow clay c 380 Bc Pelike bulging belly thick disc-shaped foot ribbon- handles edge underside foot left color clay neck band straight inverted palmettes zigzag belly scene meander interrupted horizontally filled rectangles Obverse woman seated klismos holding necklace wearing finely pleated chiton cloak wrapped hips knees diadem head right girl stands leaning small column naked youth cloak left arm holds small disc sphere right hand Reverse two youths cloaks flank stele base perspective wreath Vessel type pelike height 29.3 cm width 21.5 cm rounded ceramic vessel wide flaring rim two looped decorated black orange tones painted scene two robed figures facing side vertical column- object geometric stylized floral patterns near top maze- geometric patterns near visible wear several repaired cracks missing fragments exposing lighter underlying material.