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ANCIENT VASES FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM SUDDABY
A SICILIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY LEBES GAMIKOS
CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A SICILIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY LEBES GAMIKOS
CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
One side painted in tempera on a white ground with a female head, wearing a blue beaded necklace, long brown curls framing her face, floral tendrils on either side; the shoulders and high-arching handles in pink, a blue band below the yellow knob finial, molded winged erotes in yellow joined to the handles, each holding a ball aloft, preserving traces of gilding on the finial and erotes
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
One side painted in tempera on a white ground with a female head, wearing a blue beaded necklace, long brown curls framing her face, floral tendrils on either side; the shoulders and high-arching handles in pink, a blue band below the yellow knob finial, molded winged erotes in yellow joined to the handles, each holding a ball aloft, preserving traces of gilding on the finial and erotes
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
Provenance
with Edgar L. Owen, New Jersey, 1997.
Exhibited
Key West Museum of Art and History, 2002.