Ancient Greek Plate 23cm,Red figure painting,Man with a Boy

Decorate your wall with a Plate.It is  Red figure painted,depecting  a homoerotic scene between two males of different ages. These relationships were characteristic of the Archaic and Classical periods of ancient Greek history and were considered to be "the principal cultural model for free relationships between citizens.  These relationships may have originated in an initiation ritual associated with the younger partner’s entrance into military life or the religion of Zeus and developed in the late 7th century BC as an aspect of Greek homosocial culture

     Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 520 BC and remained in use until the late 3rd century BC. Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background, in contrast to the preceding black-figure style with black figures on a red background.

   Net weight: 0,6 kgr(1,33lbr),   Diameter: 23cm(0,33in)