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Vase Catalog Number: London E 190
Images | Browse Images| Collection: | London, British Museum | ||
| Summary: | Seated woman, reading, with attendants | ||
| Ware: | Attic Red Figure | Shape: | Hydria |
| Painter: | In the manner of the the Niobid Painter | Potter: | |
| Context: | From Kimissala | Region: | Dodecanese |
| Date: | 440 B.C. | Period: | Classical |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.343 m. | ||
| Primary Citation: | |||
Decoration:
A woman seated and reading, with attendants. The reader, sitting in a chair to right, bends forward over a scroll. Writing on the scroll is indicated by rows of dots. She wears a sleeved chiton and himation. On either side of the reader, two women stand facing her: the right-hand woman holds a wicker box, the left-hand woman holds an object like a large plectrum or purse. These women wear Doric chitons; the left-hand woman has a purple fillet around her hair. To the right, a fourth woman faces the other three, holding a flower and wearing a sleeved chiton. In the field, an embroidered cap with strings.
Sources Used:
(Beth McIntosh)
Keywords:box, cap, chair, chiton, fillet, flower, himation, holding, scroll, wearing, woman, reading, woman, seated
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| Archive Number | Caption | |
|---|---|---|
| 1990.14.0200 | Main panel: women spinning, reading, holding chest, holding flower | Photograph courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London |