Title
Red Figure Footed Plate
Date
Circa 4th century BCE
Creator
Unknown (Greek, Apulian)
South Italian; Apulian; Greek
Coverage
Style/Period: Apulian; South Italian; Greek; Red-figure
Discovery Site: Unknown
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
decorative art|religious and cult objects
Format
Materials/Techniques: terracotta (clay material); ceramic (material); wheel-made; red-figure vase painting
Measurements: 3.8 cm high; 22.6 cm in diameter (lip); 8.5 cm in diameter (foot)
Description
The surface has a central tondo, in which is displayed a maenad in profile seated on what appears to be a rocky outcropping (heavily stylized), with hair swept up, and partly covered and held in place by a jeweled sakkos. She wears a diaphanous peplos (with an overfold), over a long-sleeved tunic, a necklace and several bracelets. In her left hand she holds what appears to be a mirror (stylized) and in her right hand two libation dishes. On each side of the composition along the frame of the tondo is a foliate decoration. Floating organic decorative elements fill the spaces on either side of the outcropping, and the space above the dishes. The tondo composition is framed by two concentric decorative borders; from inner to outer: a band of reserve, a band of ivy pattern. The rim is in reserve. Decorated in the red figure style and technique: prior to firing, details are rendered in black to indicate the folds of her garment; some use of white, and ochre paint for her jewelry, parts of her sakkos, details of the libation dishes and mirror, filling ornaments and the rocky outcropping; the contour of the figure and other parts of the decoration are in reserve.
Subject
female; floral patterns; seated figure
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 993.1.1
Record: UO-MCA-993-1-1
Source
Cataloguer: Samantha Chicoyne, University of Ottawa; Curator Antonia Holden
Photographer: Morgan Weir, University of Ottawa
Image Date: 2018-02-16
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee