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12” (30cm)
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$597.00
14” (35cm)
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$848.00
16” (40cm)
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$1,107.00
18” (45cm)
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$1,387.00
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$1,788.00
22" (55cm)
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$2,257.00
The painted scene on the front of this stamnos, or wine jar, shows three female figures. To the left, a woman shown in profile view holds up a vase that has the same shape as the stamnos itself. The central figure prepares to place a garland around the vase's neck. She stands in front of a table on which sit a kantharos (a high-handled, deep drinking cup) and a pomegranate (or apple). To the right, a garlanded woman holds a thyrsos (a special staff carried by maenads). In this scene, we are in Dionysos's realm: the three women, one certainly a maenad and the others possibly also, celebrate a festival. ... Baked clay vessels decorated with mythological and genre scenes were used by Greeks as dinner party ware, prizes, gifts, and grave offerings. During the High Classical Period Athens was the leading center in vase production, as well as the intellectual and political leader of the Greek mainland and the Ionian coast.
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