Bottle Depicting Women in a Ritual Dance

The Skating Painter (Greek, active ca. 600 BC-575 BC) (Artist)

ca. 600-570 BCE (Archaic)

terracotta; Middle Corinthian style
(Ancient Greece )

Bottles of this type were frequently decorated with images of women engaged in ritual activities. Encircling the vessel are women holding wreaths in a festival dance. In the lower section, a woman bears a "kanoun," or ritual basket, on her head.

Provenance

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Jean Mikas, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2176]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Greece, Corinth (Place of Origin)

Measurements

5 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (13.8 x 9 x 9 cm) (h. x d. x diam.)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art

Accession Number

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48.192

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