Greek Apulian Polychrome Lebes Gamikos

**First Time At Auction**

Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery lebes gamikos with a flared foot, an apple-shaped body with a rounded shoulder, a squat rim that once held a lid, and a pair of high-arching handles. The cream-slipped vessel is decorated with rings of red and black pigment on the body, a red ring surrounding the rim, and black-painted frets radiating across the shoulder. Lebes gamikos are important and highly-symbolic vessels used primarily in times of great happiness - for brides during their wedding ceremonies - or immense sorrow - for women who died without having been married. Size: 3" W x 3.1" H (7.6 cm x 7.9 cm).

Provenance: ex-estate of Roy Green, Birmingham, Alabama acquired before 2015 from major New York galleries

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#148676
Condition Report: Original lid missing. Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, foot, and handles, with light encrustations, and minor fading to original pigmentation, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and traces of original pigment throughout.