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Attic Red-figure Lekythos with Domestic Scene, 480-470 BC

Decorated with a woman standing in front of a chair and holding an alabastron.

The lady is clad in a finely pleated chiton and a himation. The hair is tied up with a fillet. The scene framed by fillets hanging on the wall.

The reserved shoulder with up-and-down palmettes. Above and on the ground line egg pattern with dots.

Composition and style remind of the Bowdoin Painter. For related hairdo or drapery cf. lots no. 831 and 832 in: Mary B. Moore. The Athenian Agora. Attic Red-figured and White-ground Pottery. Vol. 30. Princeton 1997.

Intact, fine condition. Relief line of the face chipped. Peeled spot of the glaze painted over.

H. 19 cm (7.5)

Collection of Dr. Jessen, Berlin.

4200 USD