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| Keywords: Apollonia Painter - Red-Figure "Kerch"-Style Lekythos - Walters 4884 - Left.jpg This vase is an exquisite example of the Kerch ware distinguished by graceful poses delicate details gilding and abundant colors The subject is games of love A seated nymph triumphs at knucklebones a game in which both players toss bones from the ankle of a sheep into the air and try to catch them on the back of their hand Her unsuccessful opponent is a satyr Behind him stands Aphrodite between two Eros figures who are offering laurel wreaths of victory to the nymph and to the youth at far left dressed as a bridegroom ca 350 BC Classical terracotta cm 35 5 16 7 accession number 48 84 15102 Prince Boris Chakhoskoy consul or vice-consul of Russia at Bourges 1884-85 found in Apollonia Thrace A van Branteghem date and mode of acquisition unknown N M Pacha date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1906 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 Things With Wings Mythological Figures in Ancient Greek Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2005-2006 Things With Wings Mythological Figures in Ancient Greek Art Ward Museum Salisbury 2009 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Apollonia Painter Squat lekythoi Knucklebones in art Aphrodite in ancient Greek pottery Gilded vases | ||||
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