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THBGreek Campanian Red Figure Lebes Gamikos - CA Painter
Lot 28a
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Magna Graecia, South Italic, Cumaean, possibly by the CA Painter, ca. third quarter of the 4th century BCE. An elegantly shaped lebes gamikos, a vessel associated with weddings, that is beautifully decorated via the red figure technique. The form is comprised of a bulbous body upon a raised foot, and high arched handles to either side of the circular lid with a conical peaked handle. Each side of the vessel features a standing cloaked female figure, facing left with white beaded bands adorning her updo, her body covered in the billowing folds of her cloak, and wearing sandals. - the sandals and beaded headdress delineated in added fugitive white pigment. Beneath each handle is a large composite palmette with white blooms. Size: 3.875" in diameter x 7.25" H (9.8 cm x 18.4 cm)
Lebes gamikos (plural lebetes gamikoi) are important and highly-symbolic vessels created in the Classical world. High handles and ornate designs characterize this particular style, and were used primarily in times of great happiness or immense sorrow. This form of pottery was used during ancient marriage ceremonies - its name literally meaning "marriage vase" - in order to ritualistically sprinkle the bride with water prior to the wedding. Lebetes gamikoi were also an integral component of funerary rituals, used to consecrate the body of and act as a grave marker for women who died without experiencing the act of betrothal.
According to Trendall, "The vases of the CA Painter tend to have a bright and rather pleasing aspect, partly due to the attractive light orange colour of the terracotta and even more to the plentiful use of added white and yellow, with occasional touches of red, for drapery or details, and to the application of a pink to red wash, which is particularly noticeable on the pattern-work." (A.D. Trendall, "Red Figure Vases of South Italy and Sicily". London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 167-168.)
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000
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#153652Minute nicks to points on upraised handles and periphery of base. Slight surface wear with minute losses and areas of fading to pigmentation. Otherwise very nice.Condition
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