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Attic Red-Figure Lekythos
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- about 490 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek (Attic)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
All black lekythos, with figural decoration on the shoulder. Extensive misfiring on the lower part of the vase. On the shoulder, Herakles (beardless) wrestling the Nemean Lion before a tree, flanked by palmettes. Below, meander band (two facing meander squares followed by a checker square).
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