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Attic Red-Figure Pelike Fragment (Exterior)

Kleophrades Painter

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Fragment from neck and body, with the upper right quadrant of the figure panel. Exterior: woman sitting to left (head only). She wears a fillet bound several times around her head, with her hair in a krobylos. A cloth or garment hangs at the left edge of the fragment. Band of key pattern above; pomegranate net pattern at right. Interior glazed, heavily to a depth of 5.5 cm from the preserved top edge.

Adapted from Neer, R., CVA Malibu 7 (1997).

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  • Title: Attic Red-Figure Pelike Fragment (Exterior)
  • Creator: Kleophrades Painter
  • Date Created: about 490–480 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.)
  • Type: Pelike
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 86.AE.197
  • Culture: Greek (Attic)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Kleophrades Painter (Greek (Attic), active 505 - 475 B.C.)
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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