Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings)

Attributed to the Group of Berlin 2406

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 159

The Epaulia

When the major Greek vase shapes were made as miniatures, they most commonly served as funerary offerings in children's graves. Before burial, they may have been used as toys. The subject here on both the body and the stand is the gift-giving on the day after a wedding, when the father of the bride sent presents to his daughter in her new home.

Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings), Attributed to the Group of Berlin 2406, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings), Attributed to the Group of Berlin 2406, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings), Attributed to the Group of Berlin 2406, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings), Attributed to the Group of Berlin 2406, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings), Attributed to the Group of Berlin 2406, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings), Attributed to the Group of Berlin 2406, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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