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

Attributed to the Washing Painter
ca. 430–420 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 159
Bride with attendants

Scenes of brides such as this are basically variants of those showing women in their domestic interiors. The nuptial representations are distinguished by objects that are specific to weddings. In this scene, the loutrophoros carried by the woman at left is special. Loutrophoroi contained water for the nuptial bath; they were also used as grave-markers for women who died unmarried.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta lebes gamikos (round-bottomed bowl with handles and stand used in weddings)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Washing Painter
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: ca. 430–420 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm)
    diameter 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
  • Object Number: 07.286.35a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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