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MS4053

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4053
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Italy
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made ca. 550-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Apollo | Peleus | Thetis | Wedding
Description

Wedding procession. Left to right, bearded man and woman side by side. Woman holds a large circular object which has knobs at frequent intervals. Man holds a goad that runs diagonally across the scene. Next, a youth with long hair playing a kithara, Apollo (?). At right, raised hand and breast of woman. On the shoulder frieze: legs of a warrior to left, and a chariot wheel.

Height 5.5 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of Robert H. Lamborn, 1898
Other Number 405 - Other Number

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