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Attic Red-Figure Skyphos Fragment
Penthesilea Painterabout 470–460 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Exterior: a Maenad wearing a peplos and a cap (sakkos) on her head. A large cloth hangs over her left arm. In her missing right hand she holds a thyrsos (part of shaft, start of ivy head).
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Details
- Title: Attic Red-Figure Skyphos Fragment
- Creator: Penthesilea Painter
- Date Created: about 470–460 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
- Type: Skyphos
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 86.AE.266
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Penthesilea Painter (Greek (Attic))
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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