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Red Figure Epichysis

1922.01.0061

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Artifact Identification Red Figure Epichysis   (1922.01.0061)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
    2. :
  2. Food Service T&E
    3. :
  3. Serving Vessels
Artist/Maker Attributed to the Menzies Group
Geographic Location
Period Classical
Date 330 – 320 BCE
Culture South Italian Greek, Apulian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 18.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 10.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Diameter) 9.5 cm
Weight 245 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Glazing, Handbuilding

Research Remarks

Description

APULIAN RED-FIGURE EPICHYSIS
Shape and Ornament: Interior of spout glazed. Body 'bobbin-shaped' (RVAp II, p. 836). Two plastic animal(?) heads where handle meets spout. Ivy leaves with an incised vine on middle body.
Subject: On shoulder, Eros sitting to left holding a phiale in his right hand. Mirror in field to the left. Behind the Eros, volutes and half-palmettes, ending in a full palmette at base of handle. Relief contour throughout.
Accessory Colors: White: egg-and-dot frieze, ivy leaves. Shoulder: Eros' left leg amulets, torso jewelry, left wing, phiale, and mirror. Yellow: Eros' arm bracelets, right wing, phiale, and mirror.
Attributed to the Menzies Group of the Patera-Ganymede Workshop by A. D. Trendall (in a letter dated 8/3/79). About 330-320 B.C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 50, 2-3.
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Bohen, B. et al, From Alexander to Augustus. University of Illinois: Champaign, 1983.

Trendall, A. D. and Alexander Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia. Vol. II. Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1982.

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 39, Plate 50, 2-3.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection
Reproduction no

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