Lot Essay
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A large Attic black-figure pottery lekythos
the body decorated with an erotic scene, showing a satyr and mule, flanked by two dancing maenads, vine trails in the field, interlinked lotus buds around the shoulder with rays above, black glazed rim, handle and foot, details added in white and purple -- 7½in. (19cm.) high, late 6th-early 5th Century B.C.
the body decorated with an erotic scene, showing a satyr and mule, flanked by two dancing maenads, vine trails in the field, interlinked lotus buds around the shoulder with rays above, black glazed rim, handle and foot, details added in white and purple -- 7½in. (19cm.) high, late 6th-early 5th Century B.C.