Detail View: The AMICA Library: Lekythos (oil flask)
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.31.11.10
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Amasis Painter
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Attributed to the Amasis Painter
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Title:
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Lekythos (oil flask)
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Side View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 550-530 B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-550
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Creation End Date:
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-530
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Materials and Techniques:
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Terracotta
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Classification Term:
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Vases
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Dimensions:
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H. 6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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31.11.10
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Credit Line:
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Fletcher Fund, 1931
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Rights:
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Context:
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On the shoulder, a seated woman, perhaps a goddess, is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens; on the body, women are making woolen cloth. One of the most important responsibilities of women in ancient Greece was the preparation of wool and the weaving of cloth. Here, in the center, two women work at an upright loom. To the right, three women weigh wool. Farther to the right, four women spin wool into yarn, while between them finished cloth is being folded. The Amasis Painter is named after the potter, Amasis, who produced the vases. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.gr31.11.10.AV1.tif
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