lebes gamikos

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Object Type
Museum number: 1957,0212.29
Description: Apulian red figured pottery lebes gamikos with lid depicting, A: Female head facing towards the left, covered with a striped cap; B: Beardless youthful male head facing towards the left.
Producer name: Painted by: The AV Group (The Black-hair Group); Related to: The Capua Painter
Cultures/periods
Production date: 360BC-330BC
Production place: Made in: Campania
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Basilicata
Materials
Ware
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 10 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (1608); Msc (1309); LCS / The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily (3/100)
Location: On display (G1/wp61/sh5)
Previous owner
Acquisition notes: Found in the museum, marked underneath in pencil Hn Rm, indicating that it was once exhibited in the Hamilton Room and was probably part of the Hamilton Collection.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1957,0212.29

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