greek-museums:Archaeological Museum of Arta:Two red-figure pelikes used as cinerary urns. (5th centu
greek-museums:Archaeological Museum of Arta:Two red-figure pelikes used as cinerary urns. (5th century B.C)Notice how badly scraped they are. Although a number of things could have happened to them it is not entirely impossible that they were scraped for their gold leaf decorations. Formal pelikes were probably lavishly colored like this one below from the National Archaeological Museum, in Athens. This group of polychrome vessels are referred to as Kerch style vases. The Getty also has one (here).You can also use google to see more of them- the wikipedia article on Kerch Style also has some. -- source link
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