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LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE HYDRIA
LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With a scene from the gynaikonitis (woman's quarter), with a central standing draped female figure, facing a seated draped female wearing diadem and holding a mirror, a draped female slave with bobbed hair stands behind holding exaleiptron and casket with chequerboard design, krotala and a wreath hanging above, and flowering plant below, band of meander below the scene, band of palmettes on the neck, tongues around the rim
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With a scene from the gynaikonitis (woman's quarter), with a central standing draped female figure, facing a seated draped female wearing diadem and holding a mirror, a draped female slave with bobbed hair stands behind holding exaleiptron and casket with chequerboard design, krotala and a wreath hanging above, and flowering plant below, band of meander below the scene, band of palmettes on the neck, tongues around the rim
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
Provenance
Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s.
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