Pelike

Apulia, southern Italy, (Winterthur Group), 330–320 BCE

Terracotta-coloured ceramic clay. Red-figure pelike decorated with women’s heads. Profile of the head of a woman wearing a bonnet, headdress, earrings, and necklace. She is surrounded by stylised foliated motifs. Palmette under the handles, stylised wavescroll around the neck. Accents executed in white slip.

H: 17.5 cm

UMP 11478

Purchased in 1931 (Jeřábek, Prague).