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1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
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A Greek red-figure lebes gamikos
Paestum, attributed to the Asteas-Python workshop, circa 350-325 B.C.
Composed of three separate parts, side (a) decorated with a boy and a draped female figure seated on a stool, her left hand outstretched and holding a dove eating from a phiale, a necklace hanging below, facing winged Eros depicted nude, holding a mirror with a cloak over his left arm, his right arm outstretched with a column of white spheres, side (b) with a seated Eros holding another column of white spheres, the lid decorated with scrolling and strokes, attached to the base of a lekanis, the lid decorated with scrolling and strokes, surmounted with a miniature black glazed lebes decorated on one side with a swan, the other with a profile head, the lid missing, 14¼in (36.2cm) high
Paestum, attributed to the Asteas-Python workshop, circa 350-325 B.C.
Composed of three separate parts, side (a) decorated with a boy and a draped female figure seated on a stool, her left hand outstretched and holding a dove eating from a phiale, a necklace hanging below, facing winged Eros depicted nude, holding a mirror with a cloak over his left arm, his right arm outstretched with a column of white spheres, side (b) with a seated Eros holding another column of white spheres, the lid decorated with scrolling and strokes, attached to the base of a lekanis, the lid decorated with scrolling and strokes, surmounted with a miniature black glazed lebes decorated on one side with a swan, the other with a profile head, the lid missing, 14¼in (36.2cm) high
Footnotes
Provenance:
German private collection acquired in the 1970s.
Literature:
Cf. A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum, British School at Rome, 1987, pp. 130-131, nos. 196-199.
























