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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, ribbon-like handles; edge and underside of foot left the natural clay color. Neck decorated with a band of straight and inverted palmettes inscribed in a zigzag; below the belly scene a meander interrupted by horizontally filled rectangles. A: 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; to her right a girl stands leaning against a small column; behind her a naked youth stands with a cloak over his left arm, holding a small disc or sphere in his right hand. B: 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_390

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

72.7Mo (9.1Mo) / 37.2cm x 48.9cm / 4398 x 5781 (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 natural clay color Neck decorated band straight inverted palmettes inscribed zigzag belly scene meander interrupted horizontally filled rectangles A woman seated klismos holding necklace wearing finely pleated chiton cloak wrapped hips knees diadem right girl stands leaning small column naked youth stands cloak left arm holding small disc sphere right hand B two youths cloaks flank stele base perspective wreath Vessel type pelike height 29.3 cm width 21.5 cm rounded ceramic vessel narrow neck flared rim sits neutral background predominantly black orange-terracotta figurative decoration group orange-terracotta human silhouettes flowing garments curved body figure standing another leaning outlined fine black lines decorative orange-terracotta bands geometric motifs encircle neck rim foot visible wear small chips black surface scattered light abrasions tiny flecks revealing underlying clay color.