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CIRCA MID TO LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS
Circa Mid to Late 5th Century B.C.
With two figures standing on either side of a tall acanthus plant with three sets of dark curling leaves, the red-haired woman to the left, in red outline, wearing a chiton and a dark himation pulled up over the back of her head, her head angled forward, a phiale held before her in her right hand, a vessel in her lowered left hand, the figure to the right wrapped in a red himation, a band of meander framed by thin bands above, with palmettes on the shoulders
106 in. (26.51 cm) high
Circa Mid to Late 5th Century B.C.
With two figures standing on either side of a tall acanthus plant with three sets of dark curling leaves, the red-haired woman to the left, in red outline, wearing a chiton and a dark himation pulled up over the back of her head, her head angled forward, a phiale held before her in her right hand, a vessel in her lowered left hand, the figure to the right wrapped in a red himation, a band of meander framed by thin bands above, with palmettes on the shoulders
106 in. (26.51 cm) high
Provenance
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill
Antiquities from the Northwick Park Collection, Christie's London, 21 June 1965, lot 334
Dr. Elie Borowski
Antiquities from the Northwick Park Collection, Christie's London, 21 June 1965, lot 334
Dr. Elie Borowski
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