MAKE A MEME View Large Image Greek - Red-Figure Kantharos (Drinking Vessel) with Female Head - Walters 482763 - View A.jpg Vase painters in Apulia developed two major styles the Plain style characterized by simple decoration and few figures and the Ornate style which ...
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Keywords: Greek - Red-Figure Kantharos (Drinking Vessel) with Female Head - Walters 482763 - View A.jpg Vase painters in Apulia developed two major styles the Plain style characterized by simple decoration and few figures and the Ornate style which featured multi-figure colorful scenes lavish ornaments and intricate floral compositions A large female head is a typical decoration for drinking vessels like this one small-scale vases cups and plates created in the Plain style between 320 310 BC Hellenistic terracotta cm 20 32 ; cm 18 1 max w accession number 48 2763 27671 Horia Puscasiu date and mode of acquisition unknown Marilyn and Herbert Scher Pikseville 1984 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Marilyn and Herbert Scher 2003 place of origin Apulia Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Ancient Greek kantharoi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Women heads in ancient Greek pottery
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