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Shoulder Lekythos with Woman and Floral Spray
(Ancient Greece )
This shoulder lekythos depicts a woman to the right, looking around. In her left hand she holds a spring with a bud, while extending her right arm back, her fingers spread. She wears a chiton, mantle, sakkos, and earring.
Inscription
Provenance
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Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
at shoulder: 7 9/16 x 2 7/8 in. (19.2 x 7.3 cm) (h. x diam.);
at mouth: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (diam.);
at foot: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm) (diam.)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924
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.
48.255