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

Group of Berlin 2406

ca. 420 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

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.

Artist

Group of Berlin 2406

Date

ca. 420 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1915