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Paestan Black-Figure Lekythos

Date

about 350 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (South Italian, Paestan)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

The vessel is decorated with black glaze around the base, the mouth, and the handle. It depicts a woman seated to the left holding a sprig in her outstretched right hand. She uses her right arm to support her on a seat comprised of lines and dots in added white and is probably meant to represent a rocky landscape. She is dressed a girded chiton and himation and wears a sakkos in her hair with ribbons in added white. Under the handle is a large palmette with dot rosettes flanking central frond and tendrils ending in campanula.

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