Red-figure lekythos: female head
Red-figure lekythos: female head

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Red-figure lekythos: female head,

late 4th century BCE

Attributed to the Monopoli Group , (early), Greek vase painters, active ca. 345–ca. 305 BCE
South Italian
y1953-24

Information

Title
Red-figure lekythos: female head
Dates

late 4th century BCE

Maker
Attributed to the Monopoli Group , (early)
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 9.6 cm, diam. 7.4 cm (3 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Caroline G. Mather Fund
Object Number
y1953-24
Place Made

Europe, Apulia, South Italy

Period
Apulian, Red-figure
Type
lekythoi, ceramics
Materials
ceramic, glaze
Subject
heads, profiles (figures), palmettes, running ornament, women

Acquired by the Parke-Bernet Galleries from the Wolfe collection at an unknown date; purchased by the Museum (Caroline G. Mather Fund) in 1953 from the Parke-Bernet Galleries.

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