MAKE A MEME View Large Image Gela Painter - Black-Figure "Pinax" (Plaque) - Walters 48225.jpg Pinakes singular pinax are decorated plaques made usually of terracotta but also of wood ivory stone or metal which were often dedicated as offerings in sanctuaries The holes ...
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Keywords: Gela Painter - Black-Figure "Pinax" (Plaque) - Walters 48225.jpg Pinakes singular pinax are decorated plaques made usually of terracotta but also of wood ivory stone or metal which were often dedicated as offerings in sanctuaries The holes were used to hang them within the sanctuary on walls trees or even on the cult image of the deity The terracotta examples were produced by the same pottery workshops that made vases This black-figure example shows a prothesis scene the lying-in-state of the deceased on a bed surrounded by his family members some of whom tear their hair in mourning 2nd half 6th century BC terracotta cm 9 16 8 accession number 48 225 19887 Joseph Brummer New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Gela Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Pinakes Mourning in art Prothesis
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