Lucanian red-figure epichysis

Classification

red-figure pottery ; epichysis

Culture

Magna Graecian ; Samnite

Dimensions

height: 15.34 cm

Date

ca. 320–300 B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

clay

Iconography

Eros ; female head ; branch ; libation bowl (phiale, patera); kekryphalos ; palmette/palmette frieze

Production place

Lucania

Findspot

Rionero

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Máttyus, Izidor Collection ; Markos, György dr. Collection

Inventory

75.41.A

ID

Hyp-4412

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 110; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 124; Szilágyi, J. Gy. 2002, 42–45, no. 5

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.