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Red-figure pelike depicting a woman putting on a pearl necklace, c. 380 BC, Apulian. Southern Italic pottery in reddish-yellow clay. Pelike with a bulging belly, thick disc-shaped foot, and ribbon-like handles; edge and underside of foot show clay color. Neck decorated with band of straight and inverted palmettes in a zigzag; below scene a meander interrupted by horizontally filled rectangles. Scene A: woman seated on a klismos wearing a finely pleated chiton, diadem, and cloak wrapped around her hips and knees, holding a necklace; to her right a girl leans 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. Scene 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_391

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

71.9Mo (10.5Mo) / 37.0cm x 48.7cm / 4373 x 5748 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Red-figure pelike depicting woman putting pearl necklace c 380 Bc Apulian Southern Italic pottery reddish-yellow clay Pelike bulging belly thick disc-shaped foot ribbon- handles edge underside foot clay color Neck decorated band straight inverted palmettes zigzag scene meander interrupted horizontally filled rectangles Scene A woman seated klismos wearing finely pleated chiton diadem cloak wrapped hips knees holding necklace right girl leans small column naked youth cloak left arm holds small disc sphere right hand Scene B two youths cloaks flank stele base perspective wreath Vessel type pelike height 29.3 cm width 21.5 cm rounded ceramic vessel dark black background orange-terracotta figures decorative bands featuring central seated figure curved stool wearing draped clothing headband flanked two standing figures draped garments extending arm seated figure framed patterned horizontal bands near top vessel wide flared rim curved rounded base orange-terracotta rim.