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Attic Red-Figure Lekythos

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Over 200 vases decorated by the Phiale Painter have survived. Working in Athens in the period from about 450 to 425 B.C., this vase-painter specialized in painting small amphorae and lekythoi, although he also worked with many other large and small shapes. He was primarily a red-figure artist, but several of his vases in the white-ground technique also survive. The Phiale Painter decorated his vas

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Date: about 450 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

A young soldier stands before a woman who stretches out her hands to him. Wearing a wreath on his head, he is armed with his shield (blazon: snake) and spear and holds his helmet. The preliminary drawing for the soldier's body is visible. The two figures stand above a simple meander band. Above, a band of meanders in groups of three, alternating direction, separated by a saltire square. On the reserved shoulder, palmette pattern and ovolo band above. Area of misfire at upper right. Under the handle, 'ghost' of a section of meander pattern.

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