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Paestan, Asteas/Python Workshop

Lebes gamikos and lid, 350—320 BCE

‘Lebes gamikos’ translates to ‘marriage vase’ and this vessel is a scaled-down miniature (standing only eighteen centimetres tall with its lid on) that would have likely been included in a woman’s tomb as part of her funeral rites to commemorate the significance of her marriage.

Artist / Maker
Paestan, Asteas/Python Workshop
Creation Date
350—320 BCE
Place created
Italy
Collection
Classics
Subjects
Classics and archaeology - ceramics
Materials used
ceramic
Dimensions
(H x W x D)
overall 18 cm
Credit line
Classics and Archaeology Collection, the University of Melbourne Art Collection. Purchased, 1978
Accession number
1978.0117.000.000
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