Terracotta Vase Decorated with a Beautiful Painting, Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe, 3rd–2nd century BCE [1280 x 1919]
by Persephone_wanders
Terracotta Vase Decorated with a Beautiful Painting, Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe, 3rd–2nd century BCE [1280 x 1919]
by Persephone_wanders
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“A fundamental feature of Greek ceramics and their offshoots is that they could be used. By contrast, this vase, with its lid fixed onto the body, serves a purely symbolic function. It belongs to a class of pieces associated with the site of Centuripe in Sicily. They are characterized by elaborate and delicate applied decoration and by refined polychromy executed after firing. The scene shows a bride surrounded by attendants. The vase was made for the tomb.” Museum note from [The MET](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254778)