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CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED LEKYTHOS
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With an assembly of the gods, all standing on a thin groundline, Artemis to the right, facing right but looking back, draped in a long himation, a deer to the left beside her twin Apollo, facing right, draped in a long himation cascading over his shoulder, his lyre raised in his hands, a goddess to the left facing right, draped in a long himation, her left arm raised before her, her right lowered behind, bearded Hermes to the left clad in a short chlamys, facing right and looking back, wearing his characteristic winged boots and holding his caduceus, vines in the field; a double row of dots above, palmettes on the shoulders, short vertical lines on the base of the neck, details in added white and red
9¾ in. (24.8 cm) high
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With an assembly of the gods, all standing on a thin groundline, Artemis to the right, facing right but looking back, draped in a long himation, a deer to the left beside her twin Apollo, facing right, draped in a long himation cascading over his shoulder, his lyre raised in his hands, a goddess to the left facing right, draped in a long himation, her left arm raised before her, her right lowered behind, bearded Hermes to the left clad in a short chlamys, facing right and looking back, wearing his characteristic winged boots and holding his caduceus, vines in the field; a double row of dots above, palmettes on the shoulders, short vertical lines on the base of the neck, details in added white and red
9¾ in. (24.8 cm) high
Provenance
Estate of Herman Block and Olga Fariña, Bethesda, Maryland, acquired in England in the 1940s-1950s.
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