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Attic Red-Figure Lidded Jar Fragment
Creator
OnesimosPainter
All works by this person →"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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- 5th century B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek (Attic)
- Department
- Vessels
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Upper surface: section of pattern decoration - two palmettes, with an inner ring of tongues. The outer edge is painted black. Underside, undecorated, with a projecting step (part of lid).
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