Terracotta pelike (jar)

Attributed to the Underworld Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Obverse, woman seated between youth and woman; above, Eros with fillet, woman, and swan
Reverse, woman and seated youth, Eros above

Details such as the Erotes, the woman with a swan, the youth by the laver, and the casket associate the iconography with marriage.

Terracotta pelike (jar), Attributed to the Underworld Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian

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Terracotta pelike (jar), Attributed to the Underworld Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Terracotta pelike (jar), Attributed to the Underworld Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Terracotta pelike (jar), Attributed to the Underworld Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian

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