Lekythos with a Maenad at an Altar

ca. 460 BCE (Classical) Overall: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) Citation

The main decoration on this white-ground lekythos shows a maenad, holding a large and tree-like thyrsos, standing at an altar. The shoulder of the vessel is decorated with palmettes.

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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1912
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object
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normalized
provenance
provenance
Dr. Frederick G. Stern, Potomac, MD, by 1984 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1984, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2522

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संस्कृति
Greek
माध्यम
ceramic, white ground
विधा
lekythoi

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