Lid of an Apulian red-figure vase: two female heads

Classification

red-figure pottery ; lekanis

Culture

Magna Graecian

Dimensions

height: 4.3 cm; diameter: 8.6 cm

Date

second half of the 4th century B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

clay

Iconography

female head ; kekryphalos ; earrings ; palmette/palmette frieze ; geometric pattern

Production place

Apulia

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Gyula, Erkel Ferenc Museum ; Haan, Antal (1827–1888)

Inventory

50.783

ID

Hyp-4810

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 85; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 96