Apulian Red-figured Lebes Gamikos

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Culture: Greek Material: Ceramic Dims: H 19.3 Accession No: HCM 234 Current Location: The Hunt Museum Limerick. A Lebes gamikos is a Greek wedding gift. Its role was to carry the water which was sprinkled over the bride in the ceremony. Red figure painting was an invention of the Athenians in the sixth-century BC. South Italian Greek colonies, including Apulia, continued red-figure vase production after its decline in Athens. There are painted scenes on either side of the object. On one, a woman seated on a rock cradles a dish and on the other, a winged Eros, god of love, clutches a mirror in his right hand. Both figures have rounded bodies, necklaces, bracelets and anklets. Eros wears a beaded bandolier. More.

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The Hunt Museum preserves and exhibits the original artefacts gathered, over a lifetime, by John and Gertrude Hunt and known as the Hunt Collection. The Museum also displays its own collections, as well as visiting exhibitions of Local, National and International significance with the overall aim of maximising their cultural and educational potential for the people of Limerick and Ireland.

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