pelike
the Suckling Group
© Ashmolean Museum
image details
Description
Apulian red-figure pelike (container); (A) bride at her toilette, naked but for earrings, bracelets and an anklet; she holds an alabastron above a basin, and is assisted by three other women; a hovering Eros holds a wreath over her head; (B) two women, a youth and Eros; broken and repaired in antiquity
Artist
attributed to the Suckling Group
Accession Number
AN1896-1908 G269
Material
ceramic