Paestan red-figure pelike

Classification

pelike ; red-figure pottery

Culture

Magna Graecian ; Samnite

Dimensions

height: 25.3 cm

Date

ca. 320–310 B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

clay

Artist

Painter of Naples 1778

Iconography

bust, female ; ivy leaf ; ribbon ; chiton ; kekryphalos ; diadem ; earrings ; necklace/torques ; palmette/palmette frieze ; rosette ; female figure ; chair/throne ; wreath ; fan ; mantle ; mirror ; male figure ; Heracles ; club

Production place

Paestum

Findspot

Rionero

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Máttyus, Izidor Collection ; Markos, György dr. Collection

Inventory

75.44.A

ID

Hyp-4411

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 109, fig. 78; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 124, fig. 79; Szilágyi, J. Gy. 2002, 21–29, no. 1

Year of discovery

1861

The object was found in the Hungarian excavation at Rionero in 1861.

Trails

Rionero

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.