Terracotta squat lekythos (oil flask)
Washing Painter
ca. 430 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
Woman dressing This charming, intimate vignette shows a woman who has already done her hair and put on a necklace and thigh band. Behind her stands a large plemochoe, a vase for scented oil. She lifts her chiton from the chair, which is provided with a pillow and, in the background, a footstool.
- Artist
- Washing Painter
- Date
- ca. 430 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1930
