Vases Red-figure Lebes Gamikos Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with...
Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings)
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Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings)

Red-figure Attributed to the Washing Painter · Lebes Gamikos · ca. 430–420 BCE
Lebes gamikos. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907. Gallery 159.

Attribution History

Current
Met Museum catalogue
Source: met_import

Depicted Scenes

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Mythology
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Daily life

Bibliography

19 references
Catalogues & Reference Works
Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989) (1989) — 332
Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971) (1971) — 453
Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) (1963) — 1126.1
Beazley, J.D., Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils (Tübingen, 1925) (1925) — 431.2
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae: VI, PL.587, NIKE 361 (UH)
Books & Monographs
Kéi, N., L'esthétique des fleurs, kosmos, poikilia et kharis dans la céramique attique du VIe et du Ve siècle av. n. ère, ICON 22 (Berlin and Boston, 2022) (2022) — 135, 238, FIGS.103, 188 (A, UH)
Oakley, J.H., A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases (Madison, 2020) (2020) — 198, FIG.9.9 (A)
Stansbury-O'Donnell, M.D., A History of Greek Art (Oxford, 2015) (2015) — 328, FIG.13.7 (COLOUR OF BD)
Mösch-Klingele, R., Braut ohne Bräutigam, Schwarz- und rotfigurige Lutrophoren als Spiegel gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen in Athen (Mainz, 2010) (2010) — 30, FIG.13 (A)
Yatromanolakis, D., Sappho in the Making, The Early Reception (Cambridge and London, 2007) (2007) — 270, FIG.30 (A)
Mösch-Klingele, R., Die loutrophoros im Hochzeits- und Begräbnisritual des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. in Athen, Echo 6 (Berne, 2006) (2006) — FIGS.5A-B (A, B)
Bundrick, S.D., Music and Image in Classical Athens (Cambridge, 2005) (2005) — 188, FIG.108 (A, PARTS)
Deacy, S. and Villing, A. (eds.), Athena in the Classical World (Leiden, 2001) (2001) — 252-253, FIGS.7-8 (DRAWING OF PART OF BD)
Reeder, E.D. et al., Pandora, Women in Classical Greece (Baltimore, 1995) (1995) — 225-226, NO.55 (INCLUDING COLOUR OF A)
Oakley, J.H., and Sinos, R.H., The wedding in ancient Athens (Madison, 1993) (1993) — 69, FIG.36 (PART)
Richlin, A. (ed.), Pornography and Representation in Greece and Rome (Oxford, 1992) (1992) — 29, FIG.1.11 (DRAWING OF A)
Robertson, C.M., The art of vase-painting in classical Athens (Cambridge, 1992) (1992) — 226, FIG.233 (A)
Journal Articles
Phoenix, Classical Association of Canada (2008) — 62 (2008) FIG.6 (A, UH, PARTS)
Revue Archéologique (1989) — (1989), 1, 136, FIG.4 (DRAWING OF PART OF A)

Provenance

2 recorded events
Discovery
Greece
bapd
First recorded
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Current location
Technique
Period
Classical
Date
ca. 430–420 BCE
Culture
Greek, Attic
Attribution
Attributed
Findspot
Greece
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Number
07.286.35a, b
Image Source
met_cc0
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