Shoulder Lekythos with Woman Holding a Mirror

Description Provenance Credit

Description This red-figure shoulder lekythos depicts a woman walking to the right, holding out a mirror in her right hand. She wears a chiton, mantle, and earring.

Provenance Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925

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Creator

Greek (Artist)

Period

ca. 460 BC (Classical)

Medium

terracotta
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.258

Measurements

at shoulder: 6 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (16.8 x 5.4 cm) (h. x diam.); at mouth: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm) (diam.); at foot: 1 1/2 in. (3.75 cm) (diam.)

Geographies

Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View