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Lekythos with a Maenad at an Altar
ca. 460 BCE (Classical)
ceramic, white ground
The main decoration on this white-ground lekythos shows a maenad, holding a large and tree-like thyrsos, standing at an altar. The shoulder of the vessel is decorated with palmettes.
Provenance
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Dr. Frederick G. Stern, Potomac, MD, by 1984 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1984, by gift.
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Frederick G. Stern, 1984
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2522