Kylix with Head of an Amazon

late 4th century BCE (Hellenistic)

21 cm 5.4 cm

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This cup shows a variation of the motif of the female head: the woman is an Amazon and she wears a dotted Phrygian cap and a laurel wreath. The outside of the cup is decorated with figures of a naked youth and a seated woman, with palmettes in between.

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Ariadne Galleries, Inc., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Marilyn and Herbert Scher, Pikesville, MD, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.
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