Attic pelike

Pan Painter (active 470 BC - 450 BC)

Shefton Museum of Greek Art and Archaeology

circa 470 BC

Red -figured small Pelikai decorated by Pan Painter in his maturity. Depicts young woman setting out on sacred procession with sacrificial basket on her head. Sent off by elderly lady gesticulating. On other side, a girl, perhaps an onlooker, running up in animated talk with another woman.

• Medium: pottery
• Dimensions: 18 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £147 ( Total: £147)
• ArtFunded in: 1967
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

Red figured pelike

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