An ancient Attic Greek red-figure lekythos with a woman wearing a himation over her chiton, bending to touch a sprouting tendril, meander pattern and palmettes on the shoulder.
Athens, Attica.
Ca. 470 – 440 BC.
The lekythos was used to hold olive oil in antiquity and was often left as a grave offering.
Formerly in a New York private collection.
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