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Greek Sicilian Red-Figure Lebes Gamikos, circa 340 BC browse these categories for related items... All Items: Greek: South Italic: Pre AD 1000: item #976919 Please refer to our stock #GD-471 when inquiring.
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A superb red-figure Lebes Gamikos and Cover, featuring the characteristic high vertical handles of elegant form. There is a small lid in the centre with a tall, waisted, central knob and pedestal foot. One side painted with a draped women holding a pillow in one hand and a palm branch in the other. The other side has a Satyr holding a situla in one hand and a similar palm branch in the other. Palmettes and scrolls in the handle zones. Dates to circa 340 B.C. Lebes Gamikoi , first appeared in the middle of the sixth century and flourished from the second quarter of the fifth century to the fourth. Measure 9 inches in height. Condition: Handles re-attached, lid reconstructed with two shards missing. Body has a hairline on one side as seen in photo. Vase is all original and has absolutely no additional material. Rare! The Lebes Gamikos, "Marriage Bowl" or “Nuptial Lebes” is characterized by the two high upright handles, was used in the wedding ceremony for ritual bridal waters (sprinkling and purification), and is one of the major indicators of such a ceremony whenever it appears. The name "Lebes gamikos" comes from "lebes" meaning deep bowl and "gamikos" meaning marriage. Provenance: Private Belgian Collection For a similar example see: Regional Archaeological Museum of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, NI 1154, Third Floor, Greek Ceramics For reference see: A. D. Trendall, The Red-figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, Second Supplement, London, 1973 and Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, catalogue of the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987. |
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