Terracotta pelike (jar)

Close in style to the Underworld Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Obverse, naiskos (shrine) with woman and attendant between youth and woman
Reverse, woman, youth, and Eros

A: naiskos with a statuary group of a maid placing a stool for her deceased mistress who holds a fan; outside to the left, a nude youth with a branch. To the right, a woman. B: a woman with a situla and a branch follows a youth holding a phiale and a branch. Eros sits above.

Terracotta pelike (jar), Close in style to the Underworld Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian

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Terracotta pelike (jar), Close in style to the Underworld Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Terracotta pelike (jar), Close in style to the Underworld Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Terracotta pelike (jar), Close in style to the Underworld Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian

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