Attic Red-Figure Lidded Jar Fragment (part of 81.AE.206.D.2018)

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Attic Red-Figure Lidded Jar Fragment (part of 81.AE.206.D.2018)

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"Onesimos" means "profitable" in Greek and may have been a nickname. Onesimos worked in Athens in the early 400s B.C. decorating vases. He painted vases primarily in the red-figure technique, but he also decorated some white-ground vases. Although many vase-painters tended to specialize in certain types of vases, Onesimos was unusual in the degree to which he decorated cups almost exclusively. He

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Date: 500–480 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

Upper surface: female figure (maenad) with transparent garment and earring, seated facing to the left and playing the double pipes (auloi). Above her head, inscribed KA[.. Above the figures, a reserve band marked with one concentric line. The inner edge is black. Underside undecorated. Composed of three fragments.

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