Fragment of a Large Red-figured Pelike
Artist
Kleophrades Painter?, late
(Greek, Attic, 480 B.C.)
CultureGreek, Attic
Date480 BCE
Mediumterracotta
Dimensions4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (11.4 x 11.4 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineGift of Professors Henry and Sara Immerwahr
Object number77.6.5
DescriptionThis piece comes from the neck and upper body of a pelike, near the handle. Thin reserved lines frame a band of diagonal, reserved scrolls and palmettes. The head of a woman in profile to right wears a sakkos (a soft cap) that covers her entire headexcept for curls over her forehead and before the ear. Her high eyebrow arches over a narrow, almond-shaped eye with a clear pupil rolled forward to the inner corner. Her right hand, with an edge of cloak at her wrist, overlaps a palmette and tendril from handle zone at left.
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